USA HISTORY

What did Spain surrender to the United States after the Spanish-American War?

(A) ** Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam

(B) Cuba, Philippines, and Guam

(C) Puerto Rico, Portugal, and Guam

(D) Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Hawaii

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.

Concept note-2: -Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico became territories of the United States as part of the terms of the Treaty of Paris that officially ended the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Concept note-3: -Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba; cedes Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippine Islands to the United States.