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For my final project topic I decided to focus on an often overlooked conflict in U.S. history. I will being doing research on the Spanish-American war and the impacts it had on the Atlantic world. The beginning of the war may have been a fabricated excuse for American involvement and the war itself may have been a mere four months, still its out come would solidified U.S. dominance in the western hemisphere and express the end of Spanish colonial rule in Latin America. American rugged individualism developed from the war as Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders symbolized American character against a weakened Spanish colonial power. After the war the U.S. embarked on its own expansionist ventures in the Pacific and the Atlantic due in part to the acquisition of Spanish territories. Spain would renounce all claim to Cuba, cede Guam and Puerto Ric to the U.S., and transfer sovereignty over the Philippines to the U.S. for 20 million dollars. The war showcased an important turning point in European colonial efforts in Latin America. Spain’s defeat turned the nation’s attention away from its overseas colonial adventures to instead focus on domestic issues. Overall, what I find interesting about this topic is what it signaled for the rest of the world. The United States would emerge a world power with oversea possessions and a new stake in international politics. This would prove important in the years to come as the nation devised whether it would involve itself in an expansive European war.