today we did blog discussion
outcomes of the spanish amercian war
we won
treaty of paris- ended the empire kicked spanish out; gave america a temporary control over cuba, phillipines, guam, puerto rico
guam and puerto rico are still controled by us
paid 20 million dollars to spain
war was beginning of US' role in world issues
philipine american war was an affect of the war because we took the philippines
they thought that we were going to do to them what we did to cuba (independence) when they found out we weren't doing that they turned against us
John hay- "a splendid little war"
ruling puerto rico:
we took over puerto rico
took it over militarily
had military government until we set up a normal government
couldn't vote for ppl in the upper house (chosen by president)
foraker act- established civilian government of puerto rico
ppl could eventually vote for the upper house
ppl became US citizens- 1917
they are now a US territory
some people want to be independent, some want to be a state, and some want to remain a territory
ppl can travel freely between the US
ppl can't vote for president, though
protected by the US military
ruling cuba-
the teller ammendment- specifically cuba- garunteed cuban independence after the war
cuba was still occupied by amercian troops when the war ended
we replaced spain as the dominant power, even though they were independent
the US military did a lot of positive things from cuba; we helped get rid of yellowfever, swamps, built hospital
the platt ammedment 1901-
cuba could not make treaties with other countries that would threaten their independence
US could intervene in Cuba to keep order
Cuba could not go into debt
US con buy or lease land for naval bases or refueling stations; guantanomo bay
they don;t want war so we pull out
roosevelt tried to become better friends
the platt ammendment is no longer in use
we can't go to cuba and we can't buy anything from cuba
cuba was independent with some strings attatched
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