10 дек 1898 г. - Treaty of Paris (SAW)

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A treaty signed between the US and Spain that officially ended the Spanish-American War. After two months of negotiations, it was determined that Spain would cede its claims to the island territories of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico (PR), and Guam (GU). The US would have control over the latter two, as well as the Philippines in exchange for $20 million. Cuba would have de jure independence, but would be controlled by the US indirectly through the Platt Amendment. Additionally, the US would be granted a permanent military base on Cuba, eventually determined to be Guantánamo Bay.

In the US, Republicans generally supported it, while Democrats were critical that the US was becoming an imperialist empire. Some of these people joined the American Anti-Imperialist League, which included several influential and powerful people including industrialist Andrew Carnegie, author Mark Twain, AFL founder Samuel Gompers, and former president Grover Cleveland. Nevertheless, the treaty was ratified by the US Senate on February 6, 1899 in a 57-27 vote, only one higher than the 2/3 vote required. It went into effect on April 11 the same year.

With the acquisition of several overseas territories, the US transformed into a world power. Filipinos were initially supportive of the war because they believed the US would grant them independence, but when they were officially annexed, the archipelago rebelled against its new colonial overlord. The US economy continued to flourish with the addition of the sugar plantations in Cuba.