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Taylor D-Platte Amendment-the troops would be taken out of Cuba, it kept cuba from making their own treaty giving strength to a different country.
Taylor F-Sanford Dole-was born in honolulu hawaii, first job was in a law office, never attended any law schools but still got his degree in law, won two elections in hawaii, was a lawyer and journalist in hawaii, became the first governor of Hawaii
Taylor L- Hawaii-only state that was made up of islands, US got interested in hawaii because of the sugarcane that grows there
Shawn-Alaska-before the civil war the US was thinking about buying alaska, but they had to wait until the war was over, we bought it from Russia, before we bought it it was called russian america became a state in 1959
Kendra-Mexican Revolution-people thought the war ended, but there were many little battles afterward, the US was 'big brother' to mexico and when this war started, we didn't do anything
zach-Phillipine American War-we sent the phillipines a proclamation that said we were going to take over their country and tell them what to do, and they sent back that they weren't going to stand for that, so the US made borders and told the phillipines that they couldn't cross it
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