why did theodore rosevelt invade cuba?

Answer 1

he was establishing a base for defense from the spanish.

Answer 2

The sinking of the USS Maine. It was also to help the Cubans get rid of the Spanish Colonizers. Cuba was considered the jewel of the Spanish Empire. If you ever have noticed that the flags of Puerto Rico and Cuba are very similiar to each other as well as the US flag, it was once thought that Cuba would be a commonwealth of the US, just as Puerto Rico is.

Answer 3

President McKinley was under pressure to envoke the Monroe Docterine and throw the Spanish out of the New World. An American ship was docked in the harbor at Havana and blew up. The Spanish got blamed for it, although it was more likely a boiler room problem and that was an excuse for the US to go to war with Spain. Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as Navy Secretary and led a cavalry runit up kettle hill in the battle we refer to San Juan hill today. The object was to take the fort at San Juan which Mr. Roosevelt and his Rough Riders succeeded in doing. This contributed to the eventual defeat of Spain and the US aquiring new territories.

Answer 4

In truth, the U.S. had over $200 million of investments in Cuba and feared the emergence of a nationalist
government there. Accordingly, Washington set up a protectorate over the island, with a military governor, General
Leonard Wood, wielding summary power over Cubans. Then in 1901 the Secretary of War, Elihu Root, and a
Connecticut Senator, Orville Platt, wrote the Platt Amendment. This law prohibited the Cubans from making treaties
with other countries and it said that, if Cuba did not protect "life, property, and individual liberty"–essentially meaning
American capital investments and physical plants–the US had the right to intervene unilaterally there. Two years
later, the U.S. built a naval base at Guantanamo Bay and claimed rights to it in perpetuity. At the same time,
American investement in sugar, tobacco, mining, transportation, utilities, and cattle ranching grew steadily.

This economic penetration, coupled with the collaboration of Cuban puppet leaders, caused angry Cuban
nationalists to revolt in September 1906 after the rigged reelection and inauguration of an American puppet, Tomas
Estrada Palma, who was described as "more plattish than Platt himself." President Teddy Roosevelt was furious at
the nationalists Cuba.

Roosevelt settled for less, sending American troops to the island on Sept. 29th , under provisions of the Platt
Amendment, to assume military control and restore "law and order."–and above all to crush the uprising.

Cuba remained a client of the U.S. from then until January 1st 1959, when Fidel Castro's revolution ended over a
half-century of American imperialism on the island, imperialism that could be traced to U.S. intervention at the turn of
the century and enforced by military campaigns such as the invasion of September 1906.

Answer 5

Theodore Roosevelt didn't invade Cuba, the United states did.
He was a Colnel at the time so I assume he was following orders

Answer 6

Good question, Cuban leader Fiedel Castro should be able to throw more light on the subject!

Answer 7

For the women, of course!

Answer 8

for oil!