Why was the united states initially sympathetic to cuba's independence?
americans did not want to lose their business investments in cuba.
the u. s. wanted to interfere in the affairs of other countries.
the u. s. wanted to drive out european countries from the hemisphere.

Americans did not want to lose their business investments in Cuba.

It developed as a reaction to the impact of european colonialism in africa on peoples of african descent. in the  mid-20th century, activists in africa adopted pan-africanism as a rallying cry for independence from colonial rule. some african pan-africanists sought to unite the continent as one independenthope it was useful