Respuesta :
Correct answer choice is :
A) Acquiring Guam allowed the United States to have a naval base in the Pacific.
Explanation:
A strange explosion dropped the battleship USS Maine in Havana Harbor, triggering a war between the United States and Spain. Maine had come to Cuba to defend American citizens while Cuban revolutionists were battling to win independence from Spain. U.S. victory in the war gave a peace treaty that enforced the Spanish to abandon demands on Cuba and to cede supremacy over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also joined the independent state of Hawaii during the dispute.