... naval force, economic competition among industrial nations and a belief in the racial and cultural superiority of people of Anglo-Saxon decent. The Spanish American War marked the emergence of the United States as a world power. This brief war lasted less than four months from April 25 to August 12, 1898. A number of factors contributed to the United States decision to go to ... Spain. These included the Cuban struggle for independence, American imperialism and the sinking of the United States warship "Maine". As a result of the war Spain ceded Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to ...

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