Day 62 Acquiring New Lands
Reading:352-358
Music: American Patrol
Puerto Rico
• US established Military
rule
• Foraker Act- Governor
and other
representatives of
Puerto Rico picked by
president
• In 1917 Puerto Ricans
were granted citizenship
Cuba
• Treaty of Paris- Although
officially independent US
occupied Cuba
• Platt Amendment
- Cuba could not make treaties
with out US approval
- US could intervene in Cuba
- Cuba could not go into debt
- US could buy land for naval
refueling (Guantanamo Bay)
- US protectorate
- Used as an example for
treatment of other Latin
American Countries
Philippines
• Emilio Aguinaldo was outraged
by the Treaty of Paris
• 1899 Philippine American War
• US concentrates Philippines
• African American troops desert
to help Filipinos
• US puts down revolution
• Cost US $400 million and
4,000 lives
• 20,000 Filipinos die
• US controls Philippines until
1946
US General Jacob Smith to Major
Littelton Waller
Smith:
"I want no prisoners. I wish you to kill and burn, the more
you kill and burn the better it will please me. I want all
persons killed who are capable of bearing arms in actual
hostilities against the United States.”
Waller:
"I would like to know the limit of age to respect, sir?.“
Smith:
“10 years”
Waller: "Persons of ten years and older are those
designated as being capable of bearing arms?“
Smith: Yes
Influence in China
• China had been
divided by Europe
• US demanded Open
door policy
• Boxer Rebellion
• US pressured Europe
again to keep
Other Lands
• 1885- Congo
Conference- Open trade
• 1887- US Gains exclusive
rights to Pearl Harbor
from Hawaii
• 1889-1899 struggle for
Samoa US splits Samoa
with Germany
• 1904 Warships sent when
Morocco holds US citizen
Anti Imperialist
• Many Americans were
against Imperialist
policies
• Mark Twain, Jane
Adams
Summary Questions
1) What nation was effected by the Foraker Act?
2) In Which Nation did the Boxer Rebellion
occur?
3) For which nation did Emilio Aguinaldo fight for
Independence?
4) What was the forced American trade in China
called?
5) What document was used to make Cuba a US
protectorate?
6) What Island was split between Germany and
the United States?