AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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Foraker Act
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Teller Amendment
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Jones Act
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Insular Cases
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Foraker Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1900, designated Puerto Rico as an “unorganized territory” of the United States and gave it limited self-government.
Detailed explanation-2: -Changes to the Foraker Act Many Puerto Ricans were unhappy with this new law, even though it was better than being under Spanish control.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the early 1880s, Puerto Ricans (at the time under Spanish rule) began to work for independent government. They reached their goal in 1897; however, a year later, Spain ceded the island to the United States under the provisions of the 1898 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1900, congress passed the Foraker Act, which ended military rule and set up a civil government. The act gave the president of the U.S. the power to appoint Puerto Rico’s governor and member of the upper house of its legislature.