(A) Honduras, Colombia, and Cuba
(B) Mexico, Venezuela, and Chile
(C) Samoa, the Philippines, and Hawaii
(D) ** the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
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.
Concept note-2: -With the Treaty of Paris, the United States emerged as an imperial power. Under the treaty’s terms, the U.S. gained possession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and for $20 million, the Philippines.
Concept note-3: -Which of the following was the reason for U.S. control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines? Control of strategic gateways from which to project American naval and commercial power.
Concept note-4: -The Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish-American War was signed on December 10, 1898. In it, Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.
Concept note-5: -After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris.