thetreatyofparis



The United States signed a treaty of Paris with Spain in December 1898. In the treaty, the Spanish have to recognize the independence of Cuba. Spain also has to give up the Phillipines, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific island of Guam to the United States. Many Senators dissapproved this treaty but many did.

Information Provided by Pathways to the Present pg. 361

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