1800's

** Citation (MLA) **

Transporting sugar cane in Cuba, ca. 1890.. IRC. 2005. Discovery Education. 11 February 2010  

Photos of Cuba in the 1800's

After the Ten Years' War destroyed the Cuban sugar industry, U.S. interests invested heavily in what remained. By 1896, U.S. companies had invested $50 million in Cuba, and controlled its sugar industry. In turn, the United States bought 87% of all Cuban exports.

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