Countries of Spanish American War

Spain

Apr 25, 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.

Guam

Dec 10, 1898

became the territory of the United States as part of the terms of the Treaty of Paris that officially ended the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Cuba

Dec 10, 1898

Spain renounced all claim to Cuba

Philippines

Dec 10, 1898

After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898 , Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris.