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Luckily the Spanish were even less prepared in a rather feckless war best known for
幸運的是，西班牙更沒有準備好作戰，雙方打了一場溫吞的戰爭
Theodore Roosevelt's charge of San Juan Hill the Spanish forces in Cuba were quickly beaten.
在圣胡安山，西奧多·羅斯福帶領騎兵團部隊擊敗了西班牙軍隊
On July 17th1898 Spain surrendered.
1898年7月17日，西班牙投降
The United States allowed the rebellious Cubans to have their own government but they obtained a naval base at Guantanamo Bay which it retains to the present.
美國允許反叛的古巴人建立自己的政府，但是他們在關塔那摩灣設了一個海軍基地，留存至今
Cuba would remain a virtual American satellite until Fidel Castro successful revolution in 1959.
古巴一直都是美國的衛星國，直到1959年，菲德爾·卡斯特羅成功反叛
The United States had been interested in the Pacific for half a century already,
美國對太平洋地區感興趣已經有五十年了
in 1853 the US had sent a fleet to Japan to bully the Japanese into a treaty relationship through gunboat diplomacy do business or we shoot.
1853年美國派遣一支艦隊去日本，利用炮艦外交恐嚇日本與自己締結條約關系
Alaska had been purchased from the Russians in 1867 mostly because one it was there and two to get the Russians out of North America.
1867年美國從俄國手上購入了阿拉斯加州，一是因為它離美國領土不遠，二來是因為想讓俄國人遠離北美
When war with Spain seemed inevitable
和西班牙的一戰看起來不可避免之時
America considered expanding westward to secure a supply line for American shipping the former kingdom of Hawaii was annexed on July 7th 1898.
美國考慮向西擴張，為美國的船只贏得一條供給線，1898年7月7日，美國吞并了前夏威夷王國
