In a prelude to the spanish-american war, cuba revolted against spain a. in response to the platt amendment. b. in 1895. c. to free the several hundred thousand cubans imprisoned in reconcentrados, or reconcentration camps. d. after the u. s. battleship maine exploded and sank in havana harbor.

b. in 1895.

Explanation:

In 1894 Spain dropped a trade agreement between Cuba and the United States, imposing more taxes and trade restrictions that pushed Cubans to start the Cuban War of Independence in 1895, which preluded the Spanish-American War (1989) that ould end the Spanish colonial rule in the Americas. By January 1896 revolutionary troops controlled most of the country.

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