Cuba
-cuba was the main reason we went to war with spain.
1898, Spain gave control of cuba to the United States with the treaty of Paris.
In 1902, the United States granted Cuba its independence as promised with the Teiler Admendment.
The US retained the right to intervene to preserve cuban independence and stability with the Platt Admendment.
In 1934, the Platt Admendment was repealed.
Emilio Agunalido- declared Philippine independence from spain on june 12 1898. After the Spainish-AMerican War, the US took over the islands for $20 million in the 1989..
Phillippine-American War
-The Phillippine-American War broke out after the Filipinos realized that the US would not give them independence. It ended with American control over the islands. 12,000-20,000 Filipinos soldiers dead. The US lost 4,165 soldiers.
In 1935, the philippines was granted commonwealth status. Plans for independence over the next decade were intterupted by World War II whe the Japanese invaded and took them over. On July 4th 1946, the philippines attained its independence.
China
By the late 1800s it was looking as if China would be carved up like Africa had been. China wanted to prevent this from happening.
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