AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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The U.S. had control over the Philippines until they gained their independence in 1946
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The U.S. still controls Guam and Puerto Rico today
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Cuba became independent after The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1898
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The U.S. gained control over The Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and 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: -Mexico ceded nearly all the territory now included in the U.S. states of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, and western Colorado for $15 million and U.S. assumption of its citizens’ claims against Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -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: -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.