AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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The United States acquired the Philippines as a part of the treaty, leading to debate over America’s role in the Philippines.
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By decreasing Spain’s influence, the treaty encouraged the United States to seek new colonies in the Caribbean.
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The treaty failed to resolve conflicts between Spain and the United States, leading to the outbreak of further conflicts soon after.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. The cession of the Philippines involved payment of $20 million ($650 million today) to Spain by the U.S. to cover infrastructure owned by Spain.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did the Treaty of Paris lead to complications after the Spanish-American War? The U.S. acquired the Philippines as part of the treaty, leading to debate over America’s role in the Philippines.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The treaty also specified that Spain would cede the Philippine Islands, including the islands within a specified line, to the US, and that the United States would pay to Spain the sum of twenty million dollars.
Detailed explanation-5: -After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris.