Question

Two outcomes of the Spanish-American War was that a. the United States occupied the city of Veracruz and Durango. b. the United States gained control of Western Somoa and Guam. c. Spain ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States. d. Grover Cleveland withdrew the treaty and ordered an investigation.

Answer 1

Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris on December 10, 1898, which established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines Islands from Spain for $20 million.