USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

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The war resulted in Latin U.S. states becoming a

(A) Monroe Doctrine

(B) yellow journalism

(C) ** Supreme power

(D) Roosevelt Corollary

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The shared governance in Spanish colonies would become a model and power base on both sides of the conflict for independence. Between 1808 and 1836, all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico and Cuba gained their independence.

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: -During the late 1800s, the U.S. sought to expand its economic interests by developing an economy overseas. This sentiment helped expand support for the Spanish-American War and Cuban liberation despite the U.S. previously establishing itself as anti-independence and revolution.

Concept note-4: -Mexico refused to recognize the independence and warned that annexation to the United States meant war. Annexation came in 1845 and the Mexican–American War began in 1846. The American military was easily triumphant. The result was the Mexican Cession of Santa Fe de Nuevo México and Alta California.