The Spanish-American War (1898)
- A
Was a decisive Spanish victory that preserved Madrid's empire across the Caribbean
- Bcheck_circle
Was a brief war that gave the U.S. Cuba (briefly), Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam
- C
Was settled peacefully through arbitration without fighting or territorial transfers
- D
Was a multi-year stalemate that drained U.S. resources and ended in territorial loss
Explanation
"A splendid little war" (Hay); marked the U.S. as an imperial power.