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The year, 1998, marked the centennial of the United States as a global power, ... motivated by Washington's strategic, economic, and political interests, ... over the island territories without promising eventual citizenship and statehood, ... Congress agreed to grant independence “when conditions are appropriate. ...
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have motivated American Asiatic policy during the past forty years. In ... ment of historic policy, this was less than accurate; as a promise of an ... the United States to grant independence to the Islands at some future time. ...
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mitted the United States to grant eventual independence. His emer- ... ernment than ever before obtained and included at least the promise of independence in 1946, ... date of independence was motivated by a desire to reopen the whole ...
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United States to grant Philippine independence either immediately, or with a defined date. The ..... The Wall Street crash of 1929 motivated Congress to enact the ... promise to use the funds to help transition to independence instead ...
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such an agreement would involve the United States militarily with the League of Nations. ... inflation in the United States was reduced. ... In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the United States was motivated by...
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World news about the United States, ... GDP Per Capita: $43,800 ; Year of Independence: 1776 ; ... In the middle colonies small farms abounded, interspersed with occasional great estates, and diverse crops were grown, wheat being most important. Land there was almost universally held through some form of feudal grant, as it was...
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Great Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris, ... Confederate troops under General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox Courthouse, ... The Philippines and Cuba were once colonies of the United States, but are now independent countries. Palau,
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