According to "Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader" on 11/1/07, the answer is Spain.
They were ceded by Spain to the US based on the 1898 Treaty of Paris.
From Spain.
From Spain.
False. They were ceded by Spain.
From Spain as a result of the Spanish American War.
Spain lost territory in 1898 as opposed to gaining it. Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were bequeathed by Spain to the United States according to the Treaty of Paris of 1898.
Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Leasing rights in Cuba.
True.
In 1898 as spoils of the Spanish-American War.
In 1898.
The United States received Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines , and Hawaii
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines