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US became a colonial power in Africa in the late 1890s by taking over the territories of

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Spain
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Portugal
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Belgium
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Italy
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The correct option is B Spain

America took the territories of Spain and spreaded imperialism.Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines (for which the United States compensated Spain 20million,equivalentto602 million in present-day terms), were ceded by Spain after the Spanish–American War in the 1898 Treaty of Paris.


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