AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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Guam
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Cuba
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Hawaii
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Puerto Rico
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Detailed explanation-1: -Painting depicting the sinking of the USS Maine. In order to prevent the possibility of US annexation of Cuba, Congress passed the Teller Amendment, which proclaimed that the United States would help the Cuban people gain their freedom from Spain but would not annex the island after victory.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The war ended with the 1898 Treaty of Paris, negotiated on terms favorable to the United States. 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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Q. Which of the following was NOT a result of the Spanish American War? Cuba gained independence from Spain.