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The Spanish-American War was ignited by several key factors: the U.S. supported Cuban independence from Spain, fueled by sensationalist "yellow journalism" that exaggerated Spanish atrocities; the mysterious explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor, which the U.S. blamed on Spain; and economic interests in Cuba. The U.S. declared war after Spain refused to grant Cuba independence. The war was brief and decisive, ending with the Treaty of Paris (1898), in which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the U.S., and Cuba became independent but under U.S. influence. This marked the U.S.'s emergence as a global imperial power.
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