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- After heated debate, United States Congress approved the Treaty of Paris on February 6, 1899, by a two-thirds margin (57 to 27). The following day, President McKinley signed the treaty, and the United States officially controlled Spain's former colonies—Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
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Apr 11 Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US; Apr 17 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia in 2:54:38; Apr 18 John McGraw, at 26, has his managerial debut as Oriole manager
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May 8 The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens; May 9 John...
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Spanish–American War: The U.S. receives the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico as a result of the Treaty of Paris. Future U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his fiancée Lou Henry , both 24, are married at her parents' home in Monterey, California , and depart the next day for a 14-month stay in China, where Hoover works as a mining engineer.
Sep 28, 2010 · Paris in the 1890’s was politically and intellectually tumultuous, but artistically prosperous. The two primary French political parties, the Moderates and Socialists, entirely disagreed with each other, and the Dreyfus Affair divided the intellectual community in half.
1899–1902. After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris.
After heated debate, United States Congress approved the Treaty of Paris on February 6, 1899, by a two-thirds margin (57 to 27). The following day, President McKinley signed the treaty, and the...
The Treaty of Paris provided for the independence of Cuba from Spain, but the U.S. Congress ensured indirect U.S. control by the Platt Amendment and the Teller Amendment. Spain relinquished all claims of sovereignty over and title to Cuba.
Convincing several of the Democratic senators to change their mind, Bryan barely got the treaty passed in the Senate on February 6, 1899. In supporting the Treaty of Paris, Bryan had a trick up his sleeve. He knew that if the treaty passed, the nation would see the Republicans, the majority party at the time, as responsible.
