AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Made us weaker
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Gave us new lands and made us more powerful
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Caused us to gain control of Panama and build a canal
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Allowed us to gain freedom from the British
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Detailed explanation-1: -The war led to the United States emerging predominant in the Caribbean region, and resulted in U.S. acquisition of Spain’s Pacific possessions. It led to United States involvement in the Philippine Revolution and later to the Philippine–American War. End of the Spanish Empire in America and Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that effectively ended Spain’s role as a colonial power in the New World. The United States emerged from the war as a world power with significant territorial claims stretching from the Caribbean to Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.