The Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War, was signed on December 10. Spain gave up Guam,. Puerto Rico, its possessions in the West Indies, and the Philippines in exchange for a U.S. payment of. $20 million. read more
The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. read more
And that guns to Marxists in Mexico for oil from Mexico was only possible due to the memory of the Spanish American war in the minds of both Americans and Mexicans. Indeed, the Rockefeller type economic and political machinations in all of Latin America were due to the Spanish American war. read more
Spanish-American War The Spanish-American War was a four-month conflict between Spain and the United States, provoked by word of Spanish colonial brutality in Cuba. Although the war was largely brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists, many Americans supported the idea of freeing an oppressed people controlled by the Spanish. read more