Today we are continuing with Chapter 10 blog discussions.Purchase of AlaskaRussia was having problems with Great Britain, and Russia thought they were going to lose Alaska. It cost $7.2 million toal, and 2 cents an acre and was bought in March of 186
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-Puerto Rico is a common wealth.a common wealth is when Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.they pay U.S taxes.they can join war.they basically are the same as the states but they can't vote for president.they don't want to become a state so they don't l
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Today we talked about our blogs some more.Discuss the causes of the Spanish-American War.The sinking of the USS Maine was the main reason since we blamed a Spanish mine. We wanted to get full independence for Cuba. Destruction of Am. property and inv
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Today we talked about our blogs some more.Discuss the causes of the Spanish-American War.The sinking of the USS Maine was the main reason since we blamed a Spanish mine. We wanted to get full independence for Cuba. Destruction of Am. property and inv
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The server crashed but I got lucky with my thing being on word.Today we talked about our blogs some more.Discuss the causes of the Spanish-American War.The sinking of the USS Maine was the main reason since we blamed a Spanish mine. We wanted to get
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The United States' control of Puerto Rico. America gained control of Puerto Rico. The Foroker Act established civilian government in Puerto Rico.The President of the United States the power to elect people for high government positions. The people of
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The Foraker act established civilian government, It took it out of military rule, and gave it to the people.Puerto Ricans are US Citizens, they are able to move freely back and forth between the US and and Puerto Rico. They are considered a commonwea
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I did my blog presentation today on US Control of Puerto Rico.The Teller Amendment guaranteed Cubans' indepence after the war. After the Spanish-American War, the US stayed in Cuba and helped out with aid. They Cubans wanted us out and they thought t
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Today we continued presentations...Puerto Rico was invaded by the U.S. The Foraker Act established civilian government in Puerto Rico. After the Spanish American war up to the passing of the Foraker Act United States was the leader of Puerto Rico. Th
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US Control of Puerto RicoForaker Act set up civilian government. This withdrew the US troops from Puerto Rico. The president of the US would elect the upper house of the government and the lower house would be elected by the people. This got changed
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PR was invanded by the U.S. and the Forakaer Actestablished a goverment. Then the Jones Actgave them american citizenship. They can be drafted into the amry and can be in america. They are a common wealth. The teller amendment helped that cubians k
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we took several colonies from spain after the Spanish American war, we got puerto rico, which after we took it, the military ran it, until the forker act put in a civilian goverment. the president selected the upper house, and the people of puerto ri
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