At the conclusion of the spanish-american war, the united states
a. retreated from its efforts to gain control of overseas territories.
b. had gained an empire and new stature in world affairs.
c. was forced to give up control of cuba.
d. agreed to return control of the philippines to spain

louverture's prominent role in the haitian success over colonialism and slavery had earned him the admiration of friends and detractors alike.

explanation:

toussaint louverture began his military career as a leader of the 1791 slave rebellion in saint-domingue; he was by then a free man and a jacobin.

john smith was the first englishman to sail around the world. francis bacon served as attorney general and lord chancellor of england. he took up aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry.