Why were the Philippines portarico guam and cuba desired by the Us in 1900?

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.

because of spanish american war

Explanation:

the spanish began the war on april 21 1898, when the united states decided to fight spain for control of the spanish colony of cuba. Rebel had been fighting there since 1895 for indenpendence from spain. In april to end the revolution, which was hunting america business on the island. The united states said it wanted to secure freedom for cuban civilians, who were dying by hundreds of thousands in spanish concentration camps. Many americans how ever wanted to acquire cuba and its rich farming economy.

why is it the philippines in war

because the philippines is a more than seven thousands islands south of china in the Pacific ocean, had a rebel population that, like the cubans, wanted freedom from spain. America's war spain in 1898 tool its military to each of these colonies

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i believe the correct answer is b.