USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

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What was the U.S. considered as after the Spanish-American War?

(A) Very Weak

(B) ** A World Power

(C) Evil

(D) A 3rd World Country

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

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: -On August 12, 1898, the United States and Spain reached a cease-fire agreement in its brief conflict over Cuba and the Philippines. The war marked America’s entrance onto the global stage as a military power.

Concept note-3: -The Spanish American War had a major impact on American ad world history. After the war, the United States was transformed into a world power. Its new far-flung colonies allowed for it to have a worldwide navy allowing for the nation to become a worldwide economic power.

Concept note-4: -The United States emerged from the war as a world power, with control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam. In 1902 the United States withdrew its troops from Cuba, and Cuba became a republic.

Concept note-5: -However, it took the United States a long time to rise to this status. While the U.S. gained independence from Britain in 1783 following its Revolutionary War, it took the U.S. decades of expansion and economic development before it became a world power in 1898.