USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -“The real end of the Gilded Age came with the assassination of William McKinley, ” says Waugh. McKinley was a popular two-term president fresh off winning the Spanish-American War when he was assassinated in 1901.

Detailed explanation-2: -The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire–Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands.

Detailed explanation-3: -As daunting as the political challenges were at the time, the Gilded Age came to an end with the reforms of the Progressive era and the New Deal. Those years saw countless changes in the rules of economic life as well as new taxes and social spending that gave the great majority of Americans a better life.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the backdrop of the Gilded Age, the United States looked beyond its borders for territorial and economic gains. As a result of the Spanish American War in 1898, the United States acquired the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico as well as economic control and oversight of Cuba due to the Platt Amendment.

Detailed explanation-5: -U.S. Commodore Dewey and his Asiatic squadron defeat the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines. U.S. troops land in Cuba. U.S. forces defeat the Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Heights. U.S. forces destroy the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay, Cuba.