The United States acquired<span> Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines as territories in the Spanish-American war. </span>Technically, Cuba gained its independence, but USA soldiers stayed in the country for a long time.
After the Civil War, there was often great cruelty and massacres on both sides and the industrial growth after the Civil War had an increase in the steel industry and of the growth of railroads.
<span>b) Gold existed just beyond the Appalachian Mountains.</span>
The answer is false because they were actually against it!
<span>It showed that the Union's 3-way plan might succeed.</span>
