The oceans of Planet Earth are not controlled by any single nation.
Gain independence for Cuba.
Cuba
It received $20 million.
No it did not.
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.
The US was recognized as a World Power as a result of the Spanish American 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.
Cuban Independence.
In the Spanish American War.
Cuba
Because America does not own Cuba...
American Samoa and the US Virgin Islands.