2nd hour today was really long, 3rd hour was short. Because of drug dogs. Wonder who got caught? hah.
So today Ally is doing her powerpoint video and presentation of her part. then we'll finally be done with that, and we'll go back to ch10 presentations. we left off with causes of the spanish-american war. so its somebody on deck, and me in the hole. actually, we're discussing first, presentation alter, since she's working on getting it up.
also actually, i was first today. i didnt say much cuz bruns cut me off. i only talked about two out of 4 things i had, and technically only 1/2 of 1, because he told me not to talk about the phillipine-american war, cuz that was supposed to be somebody else's topic. yep
14. Ruling Puerto Rico
Foreker Act (sp?) set up Puerto Rican government. as time went on, Peurto Ricans became more slef-governed rather than under american control. they also became US citezens. they are a territory of the usa now, or more accurately a self-governing commonwealth. some citezens want to become a state, others want independence. since they are not yet a state, they cant vote for or run for president, but thats about it. we can travel back and forth between usa and there without passports, they are under usa military protection, they can be soldiers, etc, in the us military, they follow same laws, etc.
15. Ruling Cuba
Cuba's independence was reccognized when the USA won the spanish-american war in 1898. the Teller Amendment stated that the us wouldnt try to rule cuba after the war. gaurentied they're independence. but it was still occupied after the war by us soldiers. jose marti thougth we would just replace spain in cuba as the ruling power. in a way, he was right, but the usa did it in a different way, by being quite helpful for recuperation. we started school, fought off yellow fever, drained swamps to lower mosquito population, built better roads, communication systems, etc. although they were "independent", there were strings attached. they couldnt make treatiesd with other countries that would threaten their independence, the usa military could intervine to keep order if necessary, cuba could not go into debt, the usa could lease land to set up a naval base (guantanamo bay). they also had to add a few things to their constitution that would help people out. we stayed there until they did the constitution thing. after that, all was well for 31 years or so until the great depression with the good neighbor policy. later, in the 50s, fidel castro came to power, communism, etc. hes dead now, and his brother raul took control, was better, but didnt change much. we still have that naval base there though.
we stopped there and moved to ally's presentation since #15 was ally's blog. i dont think theres much need to take notes....we know all this stuff...
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