The Spanish Victory over the United States

What if Spain won the Spanish-American War? Would the Spanish Empire still exist? What would happen to the United States?
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It would delay the independence of Cuba and the Philippines and would leave Spain with the false perception that they were still a Power, only to fall later on.

The United States would try again, against Spain or against any other juicy target. A defeat against Spain, which is almost ASB BTW, was not going to stop them in 1898.
 
Is this a DBDBWI in a universe where Spain kept its colonies to the Mississippi and then lost a war with the US over NA?
 
I am confused. What does the question have to do with the map ? The Spanisch-American War was in 1898. That map was in the early 19th century
 
Status quo ante bellum. There's absolutely no way for a Spain "win", only a USA loss. Spain can't field an army onto US soil, can't blockade the USA, the UK and France wouldn't care to help or support Spain. Best Spain can do is force the US to resolve not to support Cuban or Filipino independence fighters, not to interfere, to apologize and acknowledge that Spain didn't blow up their navy vessel, and to pay some sort of indemnity. Now, the big what if is when Americans in Hawai'i declare at that same time they want to join the US, does Congress still have the will? Yes, surely they do. Does Britain or maybe even Frane decide to interfere since the USA has been shown to be a big wimp by a fourth rate has-been "power"? Possible. Does Teddy ever become VP and then President? With or without Teddy... does the USA have the prestige to get involved in the Russo-Japanese War as a mediator? Or to get American Samoa, or the Panama Canal and Zone?

Basically, Spain winning does nothing for Spain's history other than delay the inevitable by at most a decade. The USA is getting Cuba one way or the other. Philippines might fall to Germany. But the real butterflies are for America's timeline in imperialism. But no Spanish recovery or empire.

Btw- your map sucks and is out of date by 98 years.
 
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