<P> The result was the 1898 Treaty of Paris , negotiated on terms favorable to the US which allowed it temporary control of Cuba and ceded ownership of Puerto Rico , Guam and the Philippine islands . The cession of the Philippines involved payment of $20 million ( $588,320,000 today ) to Spain by the US to cover infrastructure owned by Spain . </P>
one result of the spanish american war of 1898 was that the united states was
ceded ownership of Puerto Rico , Guam and the Philippine islands