Question

thinking back to Arms Race & Space Race, how did America establish itself as a superpower by the 1970s?

Answer 1

1898: The Birth of a Superpower. The 1898 Treaty of Paris ending the war gave Cuba its independence and also ceded important Spanish possessions to the United States—notably Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and the small island of Guam. The United States was suddenly a colonial power with overseas dependencies.