USA HISTORY

As a result of the Spanish American War, the United States gained possession of all of the following territories except ____

(A) Guam

(B) Puerto Rico

(C) ** Cuba

(D) Philippines

Concept note-1: -Although the United States promised it would not annex Cuba after victory, it did require Cuba to permit significant American intervention in Cuban affairs. As a result of the war, the United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines as territories.

Concept note-2: -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-3: -Which of the following was NOT a result of the Spanish American War? Cuba gained independence from Spain.

Concept note-4: -Mexico ceded nearly all the territory now included in the U.S. states of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, and western Colorado for $15 million and U.S. assumption of its citizens’ claims against Mexico.

Concept note-5: -Which of the following took place in Cuba soon after the end of the Spanish-American War? The United States leased Guantanamo Bay from Cuba.