bre went and did alaska. and then i did mine, puerto rico.Discuss how the US acquired Hawaii and Alaska.alaska-oil and gold, natural resources/ William Seword, best purchases we made. let us surround where britain colonizedDiscuss the effects of the Spanish-American War. Know which countries were acquired as territories or gained independence as a result of this war as well as casualties and other points of the Treaty of Paris,Puerto Rico-they are now common citizens, they are US citizens-jones act, pay taxes.. Foraker Act-got rid of military ruleCuba--the Teller Amendment- garenteed Cuban independence after the war.cuba was the last major colony to gain independence from spain. they wanted the US to leave, they wanted their independence.they felt we were going against what we said. we wont get out until you put the PLATT AMENDMENT to work.-we withdraw our troops.they had some independence with some strings attached....--1. cuba cant make treaties with foreign countries. 2. US could intervene in Cuba whenever we felt we had to. 3. cant go into debt, no borrowing money from foriegn countries. 4. give us land for naval base.--- SSTRINGS ATTACHED...naval bases, sugar cane, tobbacco , carribean, eventually work down to build a canal (panama canal)Discuss the following US foreign policies:open door policy-countries liked it, john hay, US wanted to get into china, free trade in china with all countriesfound a nice quote!“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. “
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