USA HISTORY

The Spanish American war is a turning point for the U.S. because we became a world power after gaining territory

(A) ** TRUE

(B) FALSE

Concept note-1: -The Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spain’s colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power.

Concept note-2: -The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that effectively ended Spain’s role as a colonial power in the New World. The United States emerged from the war as a world power with significant territorial claims stretching from the Caribbean to Southeast Asia.

Concept note-3: -To a large extent the Spanish-American War was a turning point in American foreign policy, because while America was very isolationist during the Gilded Age and post-Civil War Era, it was imperialistic and expansionist after the Spanish American War.