(PLEASE HELP I NEED TO PASS,GIVING BRAIN) How did the Spanish-American War affect US expansion?
Spain forced the United States to grant independence to its colonies.
The United States gave up control of land in the Caribbean to Spain,
O The United States gained control of many territories from Spain.
The United States took over Spanish colonies in Asia and Africa.

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. ... 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.

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