jan 1, 1898 - Spanish American War (1898) - conflict bet/ US & Spain *cause: Cuban struggle for independence from Spain (1895)* - YELLOW JOURNALISM made Americans sympathize for Cuban rebels —> ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas —> resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. *acquired sovereignty over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, & established a protectorate over Cuba. —> effect of all this: US gained an empire
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jan 1, 1898
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~ 128 years ago