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14 Cards in this Set
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What did the United States do after the Spanish-American war?
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Expand its power in Latin America.
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What did President William Mckinley do to restore order in Cuba and Puerto Rica after the war, and to protect American investments?
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Set up military governments on each island.
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What did President Mckinley do in 1899?
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Appointed Leonard Wood as governor of Cuba.
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What did Scientists do during Woods term in office?
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Made significant steps toward eliminating yellow fever.
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What did Yellow fever do to American troops in Cuba?
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Reach epidemic levels.
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How many people infected with yellow fever died?
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85 percent.
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Who studied the Problem of yellow fever?
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U.S. Amry doctors Walter Reed and William C. Gorgas.
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What had Carlos Juan Finlay theorized?
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That mosquitoes spread yellow fever.
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What had Reed and Gorgas proven within a year?
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Proven Finlay's theory.
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What did Gorgas organize?
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A plan to drain all pools of standing water, where mosquitoes bred.
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What happened to yellow fever within in six months?
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It had been virtually eliminated from the city of Havana.
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What did Wood oversee?
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The drafting of a new Cuban constitution in 1901.
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What did the United States declare?
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Te teller Amendment of 1898 that it would not annex Cuba.
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After the Spanish- American War what did the united States fear?
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That other imperialist nations might try to take control of Cuba or undercut American business interests there.
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