What were the United States' opinions on the Spanish American Wars of Independence?

Submitted by Herdoc t3_yl006b in history

From what I could find, the United States' stance on the Spanish American Wars of Independence were strictly neutral. I couldn't find anything more from my side.

Yet, I'm left wondering if there were people in the United States, or the Federal Government, would have some involvement in the conflict? I'm guessing that there would be some sentiment of the United States to support the revolutionaries? Perhaps a few societies that supported the Patriots down south?

Since they're mirroring their own revolution decades prior, so there would be at least some people in the States to actively favor to support the Patriot down South? Perhaps a movement to call for intervention? Then I also wonder what was the relationship and opinions of the United States on the Spanish American Revolutionary leaders, and vice versa. Like, did Simon Bolivar reach to the United States for support in the war? I'd wager that they would see some sort of similarity due to fighting an Independence War, and aid would be sent.

Just a curious thought.

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ExpatHist t1_iuwh6l4 wrote

There was a Confederate General in the American Civil War named Simon Bolivar Buckner. His son, also named Simon Bolivar Buckner was the highest ranking American General killed in World War 2. There was American sympathy to South American Independence movement.

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beachbabe77 t1_iuzafo3 wrote

An interesting aside....Simon Bolivar Buckner (the first) was an old and dear friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Indeed, he attended Grants wedding and helped him out of severe financial hardship during his "lost years" before the war. Buckner was one of three senior confederate officers in charge of Fort Donaldson when it fell to the North. The capture of this strategically located fort being Grant's first major victory of the war. While the other two generals escaped, Buckner chose to remain and surrender the fort to his friend. Unfortunately, he discovered that friendship went only so far in times of war, as Grant, in response to a note from Buckner, demanded "unconditional surrender" from his old friend. Buckner was more than a tad miffed, but complied, upon which the two old friends caught up with each others lives over the next several days. Twenty+plus years later, Buckner was an honor guard at Grant's funeral. Edit to Add: Buckner's son was the result of a late-in-life second marriage.

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Riverwalker12 t1_iuwjmgb wrote

We were nothing like a world power in the early 1800's we were still trying to establish ourselves and we were still dealing with the Brits (War of 1812)

We didn't really start projecting our force until the Spanish America War of the LATE 1800's

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VVillyD t1_iuwp8jm wrote

We were projecting power WAY before the Spanish American War. The Monroe Doctrine was all about power projection. We send gunships into Japanese harbors to force them to open ports to western trade. That was power projection. We had spheres of influence in China. We invaded Mexico multiple times. Manifest Destiny was a century-long policy of power projection across a continent. Hell, the first war we got into after independence was power projection in North Africa, a decade before the War of 1812.

The US has ALWAYS projected force outwards towards other nations. We notably avoided direct conflict with European nations when they were militarily, economically, and geopolitically more influential than us, but there's a hell of a lot of world that isn't Europe.

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tmishkoor t1_iuxoskc wrote

If I’m not mistaken, wasn’t the Monroe Doctrine in response to these wars?

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Choice_Method1046 t1_iuzp5l9 wrote

In1846, Polk declared war on Mexico as a land grab for Texas, California & Oregon.

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kangyrooCourtJuror t1_iuwgqxf wrote

I still think "remember the maine, to hell with spain" is pretty relevant. We wouldnt have anything west of texas if we hadnt destroyed their empire (along with puerto rico and phillipene islands

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Riverwalker12 t1_iuwjrdk wrote

two different wars He is talking about the Wars of Independence of the early 1800's

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