Today we did blog discussions
We purchased Alaska for 7.2 million $, which equates to 2 cents per acre. It was the 49th state to join the Union.
Alfred T. Mahan urged the US govt to build a strong navy. He was a navy officer. He wrote called The Influence of Seapower on History.
Hawaii was annexed by the US. it was the 50th state to join. It was ruled by a monarchy, but businessmen and marines overthrew the government and made it a US territory.
In the Spanish American war, we helped Cuba obtain independence from Spain. We saw them as a country trying to get independence.
The Open Door Policy allowed us a piece of the China "pie", so that we were able to trade with China. China was being taken over by other countries, so we wanted China to not be taken over, and we wanted to be able to trade.
The Platt Amendment was basically an alliance with Cuba that allowed us to intervene in their military affairs, they could not make treaties with other countries, they had to sell us land for us to make naval bases, and many other things.
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 ended the Spanish American War. It gave Cuba Independence.
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