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Bought Alaska from Russia. Willim Seward. At first we didnt like it and people thought it was bad idea so they called its sewards icebox/Sewards folly.
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McKinley Favored annexation, and congress narrowly voted its approval in 1898. Hawaii became american territory.
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ridiculed mckimley for being "weak and catering to the rabble" American were outraged at the remarks. Thye journal called it "the worst insult to the U.S in its history.
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established that the United States would appoint the upper house of Puerto Rico's legislature, as well as its governor
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Workers experiencd many hardships such as-
Yellow fever and malaria
Accidents
Lost equipment
Extreme heat
Estimated death toll of more than 30,000 workers