https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51 In your assigned group, use your textbook to: 1. Locate and mark your assigned territory (ies) on the padlet 2. Determine the year the land was acquired by the U.S (add to padlet post) 3. Determine how the U.S. acquired the land. (write 1-2 sentences in padlet post). en-us 2021-03-24 17:17:21 UTC 2024-10-28 15:55:42 UTC hello@padlet.com ehamilton32 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819832439 1898 - U.S. defeated the Spanish in the Spanish American War. We then paid Spain $20 million dollars to acquire Spanish colonies, including Guam. ]]> 2021-10-15 14:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819832439 srjmarovic https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819854651 1905 - Roosevelt was asked to mediate a peace negotiation between Russia and Japan. Russia let Japan take over Russian interests in Manchuria, U.S. and Japanese interests expanded in east Asia. ]]> 2021-10-15 15:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819854651 srjmarovic https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819855132 1905 - Roosevelt was asked to mediate a peace negotiation between Russia and Japan. Russia let Japan take over Russian interests in Manchuria, U.S. and Japanese interests expanded in east Asia. ]]> 2021-10-15 15:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819855132 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819859370 In 1899, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan joined 2,500 American soldiers on a march on China's capital to extinguish the Boxer Rebellion. Within two months, Open Door Policy was in place to protect financial interests and diminish spheres of influences.]]> 2021-10-15 15:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819859370 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819863531 1898: The U.S. paid Spain $20 million for some of their colonies after the Spanish-American War - which included the Philippines. The U.S forced Filipinos to live in designated zones with bad conditions. Americans looked down on them. 20,000 Filipino rebels fought to keep the rebellion going which led to the Philippine-American War. The U.S. won the war and ruled the Philippines for almost 50 years. ]]> 2021-10-15 15:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819863531 srcgeertsen https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819864157 1898- The U.S. won the Spanish American war. When they won they paid Spain $20 million to aquire many of their colonies, which included Puerto Rico.]]> 2021-10-15 15:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819864157 189799 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819864635 1911 - Nicaragua was in debt due to rebellions in the country. President Taft had American bankers loan Nicaragua money to pay their debt. This granted control of Nicaragua's state-owned railroad system and national bank.]]> 2021-10-15 15:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819864635 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819866390 1867- The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Alaska became a state in 1959.]]> 2021-10-15 15:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819866390 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819869145 1914 - President Wilson did not recognize the Mexican government formed by General Victoriano Huerta. In 1914, Wilson used a small incident of arrest to intervene in Mexico, invading a port called Veracruz, bringing the two countries to the brink of war. A civil war in Mexico ensued and the U.S. supported the rebels. Finally, in 1915, the Huerta Regime collapsed, and the U.S. withdrew troops.]]> 2021-10-15 15:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819869145 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819870872 1898- After years of using Hawaiian Islands as a trading port, military base and useful supply of natural resources we overthrew the Queen of Hawaii and proclaimed Hawaii as an American territory in 1898 officially. ]]> 2021-10-15 15:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819870872 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819873107 1898- U.S. defeated the Spanish in the Spanish- American war and Spain officially recognized Cuba´s independence. However, American troops never left Cuba and Five years later, the Platt Amendment went into effect, making Cuba a U.S. protectorate meaning that their affairs were controlled by the U.S.]]> 2021-10-15 15:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819873107 https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819874903 1903- America troops helped Panama gain their independence from Columbia. Soon after, U.S. agreed to pay Panama $10 million plus an annual rent of $250,000 for an area of land across Panama, called the Canal Zone. ]]> 2021-10-15 15:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/SRVUSD/643tejw0hloiag51/wish/1819874903