USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

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What territories did the United States gain after the Spanish-American War?

(A) Cuba and Guam

(B) Spain and the Philippines

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

(D) Panama Canal, 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.