{"id":7878,"date":"2024-09-24T02:34:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=7878"},"modified":"2024-09-25T00:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:46:02","slug":"which-u-s-territory-was-acquired-in-1898-following-the-spanish-american-war","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-u-s-territory-was-acquired-in-1898-following-the-spanish-american-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Which U.S. territory was acquired in 1898 following the Spanish-American War?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1537],"subject":[19,1611],"class_list":["post-7878","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-spanish-american-war","subject-history","subject-usa-history"],"mcq_note":"<strong>In 1898, following the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired several territories, most notably Puerto Rico and Guam.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe war marked a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, leading to its emergence as a global power. Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory, and its residents were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917. Guam, also acquired in the treaty, remains a U.S. territory today. Additionally, the war facilitated the later acquisition of the Philippines, illustrating America's imperial ambitions and the complex legacy of its involvement in the Caribbean and Pacific regions.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Hawaii"},{"right":"no","answer":"Alaska"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Puerto Rico"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Guam"}],"multi_answers":"yes","subject_terms":[{"id":19,"title":"History","slug":"history"},{"id":1611,"title":"History of the United States","slug":"usa-history"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1537,"title":"Spanish\u2013American War","slug":"spanish-american-war"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/7878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7878"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=7878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}