Day 62 Acquiring New Lands

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Day 62 Acquiring New Lands

• Reading352-358
• Music American Patrol

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Puerto Rico

• US established Military rule
• Foraker Act- Governor and other representatives
  of Puerto Rico picked by president
• In 1917 Puerto Ricans were granted citizenship

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Cuba

• Treaty of Paris- Although officially independent
  US occupied Cuba
• Platt Amendment
• Cuba could not make treaties with out US approval
• US could intervene in Cuba
• Cuba could not go into debt
• US could buy land for naval refueling (Guantanamo
  Bay)
• US protectorate
• Used as an example for treatment of other Latin
  American Countries

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Philippines

• Emilio Aguinaldo was outraged by the Treaty of
  Paris
• 1899 Philippine American War
• US concentrates Philippines
• African American troops desert to help Filipinos
• US puts down revolution
• Cost US 400 million and 4,000 lives
• 20,000 Filipinos die
• US controls Philippines until 1946

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US General Jacob Smith to Major Littelton Waller

• Smith
• "I want no prisoners. I wish you to kill and
  burn, the more you kill and burn the better it
  will please me. I want all persons killed who are
  capable of bearing arms in actual hostilities
  against the United States.
• Waller
• "I would like to know the limit of age to
  respect, sir?.
• Smith
• 10 years
• Waller "Persons of ten years and older are those
  designated as being capable of bearing arms?
• Smith Yes

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Influence in China

• China had been divided by Europe
• US demanded Open door policy
• Boxer Rebellion
• US pressured Europe again to keep

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Other Lands

• 1885- Congo Conference- Open trade
• 1887- US Gains exclusive rights to Pearl Harbor
  from Hawaii
• 1889-1899 struggle for Samoa US splits Samoa with
  Germany
• 1904 Warships sent when Morocco holds US citizen

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Anti Imperialist

• Many Americans were against Imperialist policies
• Mark Twain, Jane Adams

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Summary Questions

1. What nation was effected by the Foraker Act?
2. In Which Nation did the Boxer Rebellion occur?
3. For which nation did Emilio Aguinaldo fight for
   Independence?
4. What was the forced American trade in China
   called?
5. What document was used to make Cuba a US
   protectorate?
6. What Island was split between Germany and the
   United States?