The state and Local governments responded positively to the expansion of railroads.
These governments used the presence of the railroads in their regions as a way to promote trade and transportation in the areas. They helped by granting lands to railroad companies.
The railroads contributed to development by bringing in much settlers to the area and also opening it up to trade.
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The United States gained Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
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During the Spanish-American war, U.S. forces launch their invasion of Puerto Rico, the 108-mile-long, 40-mile-wide island that was one of Spain's two principal possessions in the Caribbean. With little resistance and only seven deaths, U.S. troops under General Nelson A. Miles were able to secure the island by mid-August.
