CHAPTER 10-3Acquiring New LandsPuerto Rico- Claimed by the Spainish in 1493 following Columbus second voage- 1898 wa ceded to the Us and a resalt in the Spainish American War- Granted US citizenship is 1917- 1948 people could select thier president-1952- provied self government- Voted to retain commonwealth status with the US3 opions in the future- Statehood- Maintain commonwealth- IndependantCuba- the only reason we went to war with Spain- Got control of Cuba to the United States with the Tready of Paris 1891-in 1902 the US granted Cuba its independence as a promised with the teller Amendment- The US retained the right to intervene to preserve Cuban independence and stability with the Platt Amendment.- The US got control of Guantanamo Bay for a navle base we still control today.-1934 the Platt Amendment was repealed- Caban is still communists- Bay is still navel base and is prisoners of warPhilippines- McKinley wanted to make them more like Americans. Christainize and educate- Emilio Aguinaldo declared indepence from Spain of June 12. 1898- After Spainish- American War, the US took over the islands for $20 million in the tready of ParisPhilippine- American War-broke out after the Filipinos relized that the US would not give them independence- It ended with America control over the islands- 12,000- 20,000 Filipinos soldiers died- 200,000- 1.5 million Filipino civilans die---Some conected to US consentration camps- US only lost 4,165 soldiers- 1935 the Philippines was granted Commonwealth status.- We build roads and helped up date Philippines- Plans for independence over the next decade were interrupted by World War II when the Japanease invaded and took them over.Allies troops defeated the Philippines attained its independenceChina- Nothing to do anything in the Spainish- American War- By the late 1800's it was looking as if China would be carved up like Africa- China wanted to prevent this from happening- The Boxer Rebellion- Wanted European contries to leave-John Hay- Open Door Policy- All contries let China have indepence and let everyone trade with China
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