AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Collecting the huge amount of money that Spain owed.
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creating an Open Door policy with the newly acquired territories.
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Establishing the citizenship and constitutional rights of the people within the new territories.
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setting up jails for the new territories.
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Detailed explanation-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.
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 two sides finalized the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. With it came the international recognition that there was a new American empire that included the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the territorial acquisition resulting from the Spanish-American War affect the United States economy? The United States sought to control European trade. The United States gained access to overseas markets. U.S. tariff policy became more strictly enforced.