AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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It cost 7.2 million dollars in gold
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It cost 72 million dollars
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It cost the lives of more than 5, 000 soldiers
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The US would lose businesses in Cuba
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spanish-American War U.S. forces crushed Spanish forces worldwide. The war cost $10.33 billion, and the U.S. gained the Pacific island of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -The US victory in the Spanish American War resulted in the Us gaining possession and/or control of many new territories. These and other territorial gains resulted in the creation of a new far flung empire. Prior to the Spanish American War the United States gained control of the Hawaiian Islands.
Detailed explanation-4: -Closely tied with becoming a world naval power, the Spanish American War resulted in the U.S. becoming worldwide economic power, able to extend its commercial reach while under naval protection. This was very closely tied to item#1, above. Prior to the war, the U.S. had no commercial fleet of which to speak.