USA HISTORY

Following the Spanish-American War, the U.S. would become an imperialist power. What territories did it annex from Spain as a result of this war?

(A) Spain, the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

(B) all of South and Central America

(C) California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and parts of Arizona, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming

(D) ** the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

Concept note-1: -The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire–Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands.