US empire in the late 19th century
U.S MPIRE IN THE ATE 19TH CENTURY
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tneriseoftne.usempirestemmedfrom
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south andformerConfederates toredeem itself
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andtheriseofplantations continueddisparities
in
education
massincarceration
health
employment
aculturalrenaissance
revivalofartschuiatheKanakalanguage
womenasteachers eldersinthemovement
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preparedfortourists
theSpanishAmericanwarapr21isas declo18as
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yellowJournalism
lookingtoestablishagreatereconomic strategic
presenceinthecaribbeanu.sforeignpolicy
thinkers navalofficialszeroedinonsugarinterests
inCuba
theYellowpressundernewspaperpublisherslike
WilliamRandolphHearst JoesephPulitzer
spreadsensationalisticandfalserumorsabout
SpanishbrutalityinitsCaribbeancoloniesthat
culminatedinaccusationsthatthedestructionof
theAmericanshipcussMaineswasadeliberate
actofwar wthepublicinafrenzythe
theU.sdeclaredwaronSpainandquicklybeat
theoldEuropeanpowerinwhatJohnHaycalled
a splendidlittlewarthatlastedfromAprilto
August1898
concludedwtheTreatyofParis189
as
america'snewempire asaresultoftheTreatyofParisof1898theU.sacquiredtheold
potentialdesiccessionQuestions Spanishcoloniesof
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3nowdoyouthinkthecolonizedpplfelt 3guam
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