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Exercise :
List the reactions (for or against) that you think each group had regarding United States military intervention in Cuba.
United States investors in Cuban business:
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Pro-imperialists in the United States:
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Anti-imperialists in the United States:
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Cuban revolutionaries:
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The Spanish government:
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The Effects of the Spanish American War
Aim : How did the Spanish American War affect Cuba, the Philippines , Puerto Rico, and the US?
Do Now :
HW :
The War and its Results
Teller Amendment – ________________________________________________________________________
The war lasted 4 months – with fighting in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
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Of the 5,000 Americans who died, less than 400 were killed in combat – the rest died from infection and disease.
Treaty of Paris
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Gave the United States the Philippines, in return for $20 million
Ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States. (Hawaii, Samoa, and Wake Island were annexed in 1891 and 1899)
Ruling Cuba
The US had pledged to let Cuba control its own government – the promise was not kept.
US troops remained in Cuba while the nation decided what to do.
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Platt Amendment – US could intervene in Cuba and US had control of the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
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Ruling Puerto Rico
Foraker Act – ________________________________________________________________________
1917 – Puerto Ricans made citizens of the US
The Philippines
When the US took over the land , the Filipino’s fought for freedom against the US.
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In 1902 – the US set up a government similar to the one Puerto Rico
1946 – ________________________________________________________________________
The Treaty of Paris , 1899
The Spanish-American War lasted fewer than four months. Spain was beaten so completely that it agreed to sign the Treaty of Paris. The important terms of the treaty are summarized below.
Prior to the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the United States acquired Midway and Wake Islands. Four days after the treaty was signed , the United States annexed Hawaii.
Why is the map titled “Stepping Stones to Eastern Asia”?
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