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Acquiring New Lands

Acquiring New Lands. SWBAT: evaluate American actions in the Philippines using primary source documents. Homework : Read pages 562-63 and answer question number 4 on page 564 in your notebook under today’s do now. Do Now: What would you consider to be American ideals and values? .

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Acquiring New Lands

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  1. Acquiring New Lands SWBAT: evaluate American actions in the Philippines using primary source documents. Homework: Read pages 562-63 and answer question number 4 on page 564 in your notebook under today’s do now. Do Now: What would you consider to be American ideals and values?

  2. Lets Review • As a result of the Spanish American War, the United States gained the following: • Puerto Rico • Guam • The Philippines which were purchased for $20 million

  3. But what should be done with the new territory?

  4. Puerto Rico • During the war, the US military controlled the island. • In 1900, military rule ended (Foraker Act), but the president of the United States got to decide PR’s governor and members of the upper house of its legislature. • 1917: US grants PRs citizenship.

  5. The start of another war… in the Philippines • Filipinos were under the impression that they would be independent after the war. • When they found out the US gained control they were furious. • Led by Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipinos revolted starting the Philippine-American War.

  6. Primary Source Analysis- the Philippine- American War • Beginning with your question sheet, answer the pre-reading questions using your guided notes from yesterday. • After, begin reading the accounts and answering the questions. Question 1 refers to source 1, question 2 to source 2, etc. • After you’re done reading, go to the post-reading questions. • This is an individual assignment. You have until 7 minutes before class is over to finish reading and answering the questions.

  7. At war’s end… Statistics: • Time spent fighting: 3 years • Filipino causalities: 20,000 • American causalities: 4,000 • Cost: $400 million (20 times the price the US paid for the islands) • In the Philippines: • Set up a government similar to Puerto Rico (President chooses governor, governor then choose people for upper legislature) • Would not gain full independence until 1946.

  8. How did Americans feel? • "... we have debauched America's honor and blackened her face before the world. . . And as for a flag for the Philippine Province, it is easily managed. We can have a special one - our States do it: we can have just our usual flag, with the white stripes painted black and the stars replaced by the skull and cross-bones.“ Mark Twain

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