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“The United States acquired Guam after the Spanish-American War.”
The evidence shows Guam became a U.S. possession as a result of the Spanish-American War. Spain formally ceded Guam to the United States in the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the peace settlement that ended the conflict. A timing nuance remains: Guam was militarily seized during the war, but legal transfer came in the treaty.
“The United States gained control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.”
The historical record shows that Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States in the 1898 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War. In that standard legal and political sense, the United States gained control after the war. The important caveat is that U.S. authority was immediately contested, leading to the Philippine-American War.