The US claimed it as a spoils of war after the Spanish American War in 1898.
The Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
K12 says the answer is Guam.
The US acquired Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico!!!*****Important*****_THE_UNITED_STATES NEVER ENDED UP ACQUIRING CUBA!!!!"
The United States gained Guam originally at the end of the Spanish American War, it was signed over in the treaty. At the beginning of WWII it was lost to the Japanese (1941) and it was Liberated and won back at the end (1945)
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. The Phillippines quickly shifted into Revolt mode and the Philippine American War began. Cuba received a quick independence with restrictions and Guam and Puerto Rico remain US Territories.
1898.
year of 1898
The US acquired Guam in 1898 in the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War.
By treaty with Spain.
Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Leasing rights in Cuba.
Guam remains a US Territory acquired in the Spanish American War.
Guam
The Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
Guam, a lovely island with 178,000 residents.
Because the United States acquired the territories of Puerto Rico, Cuba, GUAM and the Philippines.
Both were ceded by Spain at the same time in the 1898 Treaty of Paris.
After the Japanese acquired it in WW2... in 1944 at the end of the way it was turned back to US hands and is an organized unincorporated territory.