Guam and Puerto Rico became US Territories. The US purchased the Philippines and spent the next few years fighting the Filipinos in a bloody and senseless revolt.
It fought for Cuban Independence, and to prevent the sale of the Philippines into the hands of Germany or Japan, it purchased the Philippines for $20 million. That purchase cost it 20 years of blood, sweat and toil plus millions in government support and private investment. It gained the lovely Pacific Island of Guam, and the often troublesome Puerto Rico which has never yet been capable of determining its own fate and waffles between Independence and statehood.
Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
which did the united states gain from the spanish-american war
The US obtained Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam. Cuba was involved and Spain gave up control as a result. And sold all rights to the other three for $20 million dollars.
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the territories that the us gain as a result of the war is freedom
to gain the land of Canada
France already respected the US; Britain respected the US after the war.
It did not gain Midway Atoll. It did not gain Wake Island. It did not gain Palmyra Atoll. It did not gain the US Virgin Islands. It did not gain American Samoa, Alaska or Hawaii from the Spanish American War.
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the territories that the us gain as a result of the war is freedom
to gain the land of Canada
to gain the land of Canada
to gain the land of Canada
How did the u.s try to gain an upper hand in the cold war?
No it did not.
An opponent.
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There was little economic gain, and the cost of the Philippine American War was a considerable drain on the US budget.
No.
Land was annexed to the US as part of the treaty ending the Mexican War. The US was in a position to gain a favorable settlement to the question of whether the people in Texas and California had the right to join the US.