(A) The fighting lasted for year and no changes came to any country involved.
(B) The United States tried to help the Philippines gain independence.
(C) The United States fought on the side of the Spanish.
(D) ** Although the fighting only lasted a few months, the outcome was dramatic.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
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: -Which statement describes a result of the Spanish-American War? The United States gained territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
Concept note-3: -Many agree that the main causes of the Spanish–American War was Cuba’s struggle for independence and the sinking of the USS Maine on 15 February 1898. An explosion, then thought to be caused by a mine, killed over 260 of the 354 American crew members.
Concept note-4: -The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America’s support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.