Which of the following was NOT a main point of the Treaty of Paris? A. Spain granted independence to Cuba. B. Spain gave up Puer
to Rico and Guam to the United States. C. The United States gained control of a group of islands off the coast of Spain. D. The United States gave $20 million to Spain in exchange for the Philippines.
C. The United States gained control of a group of islands off the coast of Spain.
Explanation:
On December 10, 1898 The Paris Peace Treaty was signed, ending the US-Spanish war. S
pain renounced Cuba and Puerto Rico and ceded the Philippines and Guam to the Americans for $ 20 million.
Cuba remained a Spanish colony until the Spanish-American War of 1898, when it was briefly governed by the United States until it gained nominal independence in 1902.
