This is correct.
Machiavelli was an Italian political philosopher whose famous work, the Prince, is an in-depth look at what is necessary for a ruler to be effective, both in terms of ruling a people but also in doing what needs to be done.
Explanation:
the 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the war gave Cuba its independence and also ceded important Spanish possessions to the United States notably Puerto Rico the Philippines and small islands of guma the United States was suddenly a colonial power with overseas dependencies
Americans started to hate the war (woo go peace core) and eventually we left Vietnam and Johnson didn't try his luck for getting his second term lol