6. The answer is C. Since the Cuban revolt against Spain was on the march, the US government decided to send the USS <em>Maine</em> to Havana to protect Americans and American interests on the island.
7. The answer is D. After the sinking of the USS <em>Maine</em> there was a strong notion in American public opinion that Spanish officials in Cuba were to blame. However, the cause of the explosion is not clarified even to this day.
8. The answer is B. President McKinley asked Congress for authorization to send American troops to Cuba to end the war. The public opinion was in favor with this idea since the wreckage of the USS <em>Maine</em> and it was a direct application of the Monroe Doctrine, which states that every country from the Americas shall remain free from bondage to external powers.
9. The answer is A. The treaty of Paris put an end to the Spanish-American war and Spain agreed to relinquish almost all of the remaining Spanish empire. Guam was among the colonies ceded to the US.
10. The answer is B. In 1901 the US government stipulated eight conditions to withdraw the American troops remaining in Cuba after the war, and those conditions limited Cuban sovereignty on commerce, international relations, public debt, among other fields. Cuba, without another alternative, accepted these conditions that set unequal relations between the two countries for the next decades.
