The Spanish-American War of 1898 settled the status of the United States as a Pacific power. U.S. success in the war allowed a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to resign claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. During the conflict, the United States annexed the independent state of Hawaii as well. Therefore, the war enabled the United States to secure its power in the Caribbean region and to seek its economic interests in Asia.
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The correct answer is D) peaceful integration of once-segregated neighborhoods.
The option that was not a result of poverty in America's urban centers is the peaceful integration of once-segregated neighborhoods.
Poor people in urban centers is a constant in modern day America. One can walk in downtown areas in large cities and see the number of homeless people living in the streets. Cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, New York, and many more have this scenario and also many poor neighborhoods where minorities live. They lack basic services such as public schools or decent transportation and they also live in overcrowded and crime-ridden inner cities.
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Answer: A) The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense face-off between America, led by President John F. Kennedy and the Soviet Union, led by Nikita Khrushchev, in October of 1962, over the placement of Soviet missiles on the island of Cuba, close to the United States home territory. It is often stated that this moment was the closest the USA and the USSR ever came to the eruption of an actual nuclear war between the two superpowers.
