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How did the United States benefit from the Spanish-American War?

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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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Gained many new territories because of their victory

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because the u.s. victory from the Spanish-American War resulted in the US gain a position of many new territories these and other territorial gains resulted in the creation of the new far-flung Empire in 1895 Hawaii became a US territory

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