USA HISTORY

Which of the following was one of the provisions in the Treaty of Paris?

(A) ** The United States took possession of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

(B) Spain granted the Philippines immediate independence.

(C) Spain paid the United States $20 million to take possession of Cuba.

(D) The United States allowed France to buy the Philippines for $20 million.

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.

Concept note-2: -With the Treaty of Paris, the United States emerged as an imperial power. Under the treaty’s terms, the U.S. gained possession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and for $20 million, the Philippines.

Concept note-3: -Apart from guaranteeing the independence of Cuba, the treaty also forced Spain to cede Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States. Spain also agreed to sell the Philippines to the United States for the sum of $20 million.

Concept note-4: -The Treaty of Paris (1898) officially ended the period of Spanish colonization in the Philippines and granted possession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. It also required that the United States pay $20 million USD in recompense to the Spanish government.