The United States was no longer viewed as a powerful nation.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Spanish–American War took place in the year of 1898 between Spain and United States of America. The Spanish-American war was started due to the explosive attack on the battleship USS Maine in Havana Harbor. The war went on for four months and came to an end after signing the Treaty of Paris.
The government of Spain and America signed this "<u>Treaty of Paris"</u> and made Cuba independent from Spain. America got the territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. So they expanded the foreign trade.
Answer:
The position of the United States toward Latin America in the 1800s can be characterized as protective.
Explanation:
At the beginning of the 19th century, when Latin America was beginning to become independent, the United States decided not to intervene in the politics of the new Latin American countries. Instead it promoted the idea of expelling any European claim from the continent, in a doctrine that was called Monroe Doctrine, whose main phrase was: "Americas for the Americans".
Americans were the white settlers.
