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title: "Why did the United States want to gain control of Cuba?"  
description: "Why did the United States want to gain control of Cuba?"  
author: "Ward ryan"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43381/why-did-the-united-states-want-to-gain-control-of-cuba  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the United States want to gain control of Cuba?

Why did the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41822/what-was-the-costliest-battle-in-the-history-of-the-united-states-marines-corps) want to gain [control](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40949/what-was-the-immigration-reform-and-control-act-of-1986) of Cuba?\
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