What was primarily at issue in the Spanish-American war?

There were 3 main reasons. One was that America was helping Cuba to become independent of Spain. The second reason was because upon arival to Spain, the U.S.S. Maine (one of Americas ships) blew up in one of Spains harbors, and was associated with foul play on the behalf of Spain. The third reason was Yellow Journalism (defined by google as "journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.")

answer; /// slavery should be outlawed in the new country, was part of the initial draft of the declaration of independence, but not part of the final

the following best describes postwar era writers in their works:

many writers,authors,novelists,poets concentrated more on social art and social writing and stayed away from political writings.