USA HISTORY

Which country did the United States NOT obtain under the Treaty of Paris, following the Spanish-American War

(A) Guam

(B) ** Cuba

(C) Puerto Rico

(D) Philippines

Concept note-1: -Hawaii was not annexed as result of the Spanish-American War.

Concept note-2: -The treaty ceded ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine islands from Spain to the United States and granted the United States temporary control of Cuba.

Concept note-3: -U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States.

Concept note-4: -Spanish commissioners argued that Manila had surrendered after the armistice and therefore the Philippines could not be demanded as a war conquest, but they eventually yielded because they had no other choice, and the U.S. ultimately paid Spain 20 million dollars for possession of the Philippines.