How was spanish american war different from earlier u. s wars

It was the first Imperial war.

The Spanish-American war is the first imperial war led by the United States. It meant that the USA would get rid of their isolationist traditions and start being an empire.

Former wars were about their independence, slavery, or extension of their territory against Mexico.

cuban communists pressured the soviet union to place missiles in cuba.

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.