??? What does the Spanish American War have to do with the acquisition of of Arizona? Most of Arizona was acquirred under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo, which ended the Mexican-American war. That also got us parts of Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming, as well as the whole of California, Nevada and Utah. Mexico also aknowledged that the border of Texas was the Rio Grande, not the Nueces River as the Mexicans had claimed ever since the Texas War of Independence.
The parts of Arizona south of the Gila river were purchased in 1853, via the "Gadsen Purchase" as a deep southern route for the railroads.
The Mexican-American War was 1846 to 1848, the Spanish-American War was in 1898. That resulted in US ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines. We gave the latter independence after WW-II, as we had promised. But the former two are still US territory. We also controlled Cuba temporarily.
I think I already responded to that in post #63.
Some of you people on here need to READ a little further before responding.
Just sayin’