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[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393303047/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393303047&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=0378549215c52c8c88d2e2af57b6bec0 The Spanish-American War of 1898 ] ended Spain’s colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power. U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict. Thus, the war enabled the United States to establish its predominance in the Caribbean region and to pursue its strategic and economic interests in Asia.
====Cuban revolutionaries push for Independence from Spain====
====The United States annexes Hawaii====
The McKinley Administration also used the war as a pretext to [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822361973/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0822361973&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=501faffb41e4c8db7c29725b4933319b annex the independent state of Hawaii]. In 1893, a group of Hawaii-based planters and businessmen led a coup against Queen Liliuokalani and established a new government. They promptly sought annexation by the United States, but President Grover Cleveland rejected their requests.
In 1898, however, President McKinley and the American public were more favorably disposed toward acquiring the islands. Supporters of annexation argued that Hawaii was vital to the U.S. economy, that it would serve as a strategic base that could help protect U.S. interests in Asia, and that other nations were intent on taking over the islands if the United States did not. At McKinley’s request, a joint resolution of Congress made Hawaii a U.S. territory on August 12, 1898.
====Conclusion====
The Spanish American War was a disaster for Spain but the United States used it to create an overseas empire in both the Pacific and the Caribbean. The United States took control of the Phillippines, Hawaii, Guam and Puerto Rico. The United States immediately expanded its reach to Asia. In addition to expanding its influence, the United States immediately struggled trying to control these new territories. Within a few years, the Phillippines was in open rebellion against the US occupation.
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* Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]
* Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/spanish-american-war| The Spanish-American War, 1898]
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