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Spain lost both of its Naval Fleets to the US Navy, one in 6 hours at Manila and one in the open Caribbean waters in even less time. Such an action was bound to draw the attention of other world powers.

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Yes, the US defeat of Spain on two fronts in such a short period of time from the Declaration of War to the signing of a Peace Treaty was seen as something that only a major world power could have put together. It demonstrated shock and awe by a Naval Power that European Nations could only imagine.

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They were acquiring overseas Territories.

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None, however, the US annexed Hawaii during the Spanish American War and it did become a US State. That annexation was independent of the War and not as a result of the War.


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