A war between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the United States and abandoned all claim to Cuba, which became independent in 1902.美西战争：于公元1898年发生于西班牙及美国的战争，之后导致西班牙将波多黎各、菲律宾群岛及关岛割让给美国，并放弃其在古巴的所有权利，古巴于公元1902年独立