USA HISTORY

At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories?

(A) Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain

(B) Spain, Cuba, Guam

(C) Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia

(D) ** Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

Concept note-1: -Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris on December 10, 1898, which established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines Islands from Spain for $20 million.