President McKinley addresses congress to instate the Spanish-American War, but in truth the war wasn't even a war. The war was actually happening in Cuba where Cubans and Spaniards fought for power. This war was three years long and would most likely have been longer if President McKinley hadn't stepped in. McKinley sent a message to Spain that warned them if they continued to fight that the United States would take action to provide assistance to Cuba. The Spanish ended the war quite soon after this in order to avoid conflict with the United States. McKinley addresses congress in order to help Cuba and he gives 4 reasons:
1. To end the inhumane actions taking place in Cuba
2. To protect the people of Cuba because they have no government to protect them
3. In the interest of the economy and trade of the United States.
4. To protect the United States because Cuba wasn't very far away.
He ends the speech by basically saying that he knows that Congress will end up doing the right thing.
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