they gain the power to take over everybody and play with all there toys and all the little boys :)
No it did not.
The US was recognized as a World Power as a result of the Spanish American War.
No.
Yes, Guam became a US Territory as a result of the Spanish American War.
After the US victory after the Spanish American war, they gained Cuba and its surrounding areas such as Guam and Puerto Rico.
Cuban Independence.
In the Spanish American War.
American Samoa and the US Virgin Islands.
There was little economic gain, and the cost of the Philippine American War was a considerable drain on the US budget.
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.
American Samoa and the US Virgin Islands.
Islands in the Caribbean and Pacific