Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: D - The United States gained control of the Philippines, Guam, and Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American War under the Treaty of Paris 1898. The United States gained control of Hawaii in 1893 when the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown, and a provisional government was instituted in the new Republic of Hawaii. It was annexed to the United States in 1898 under the Newlands Resolution in Congress and became the Territory of Hawaii at that time.