2. Puerto Rico
• During SpanishAmerican War U.S.
forces occupied the
island
• Strategic for U.S.
• 1900 - Foraker Act
– Ended military rule
– Set up civil gov.
– Gave Pres. the power
to appoint governor
and upper house
– Supreme Court
changes
3. Cuba
• Teller Amendment
– S.A. War U.S. recognized Cuba’s
independence from Spain
– United States had no intention of taking
over Cuba
• American Troops still occupy after War
– People fear a new “Spain like” colony
– American Military provided food, clothing,
schools, medicine
4. Cuba continued
• 1900 - Cuban government writes constitution
– Doesn’t specify the relationship with U.S.
• 1901 - Platt Amendment
– Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its
independence or permit a foreign power to control
any part of its territory
– U.S. had right to intervene in Cuba
– Cuba was not to go into debt
– U.S. could buy or lease land on the island for
naval stations
– 31 years - Protectorate
5. Filipinos Rebel
• Emilio Aguinaldo
– Rebel leader upset
• 1899 - PhilippineAmerican War
– Aguinaldo revolts
– Americans play same
role as Spain had
– Concentration Camps
• 3 years
20,000 Filipinos,
4,000 Americans and
400 Million $$$ (20x)
• July 4th, 1946 Independence
6. Foreign Influence in China
• Sick man of Asia
• France, Germany, Britain, Japan, and
Russia had “Spheres of Influence”
– Special rights and economic influences
• 1899 - John Hay’s Open Door Notes
– Secretary of State
– Letters addressed to leaders of imperialist
nations
– No monopoly
7. The Boxer Rebellion
• Kill hundreds of missionaries and other
foreigners
– Called Boxers because of martial arts
– American, Britain, France, Germany and
Japan quell the rebellion - thousands of
Chinese die
• Open Door Policy
– Growth of U.S. economy depended on
Exports
– U.S. right to intervene abroad to keep trade
open
– Closing an area to U.S. products or
citizens threatened U.S. survival
