... was too big and brought its own complexity to regulate and moving to Canada was just not a good idea. Smaller territories were prone to servitude than larger territories. Document B is William Jennings" statement of what was the Treaty of Paris, which is America's acquisition of foreign territory. He disapproves of the American public assuming possible approaches of governance over obtained lands ... the conquest of countries by expansion and having them bowing down to the white man, Uncle Sam. Document S is a speech by Senator Cushman K. Davis. Senator Davis emphasizes on the struggle ...

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... Spanish dignitaries who penned the treaty were Don Eugenio Montero Rios (President of the Senate) and Jules Cambon (French diplomat moderating on Spain's behalf). Representing the Americans were William R. Day, Senator Cushman K. Davis, Senator William P. Frye, Senator George Gray and the Honorable Whitelaw Reid (Spanish-American War PG). There remained many opposed to the Spanish-American war, including several notable anti-imperialists as ... to the resulting terms of the treaty. These opponents included William Jennings Bryan, Grover Cleveland, writers Mark Twain, Jack London and Mot...

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... an 88 mile pursuit. Grant was elected president in 1868 and served two terms. Robert E. Lee During the Mexican war Lee was an engineering officer with Winfield Scott's force. Jefferson Davis appointed Lee a general in the southern army in 1861. He was not successful in preventing an invasion of western Virginia, so he was sent to the Atlantic Coastal defense. In ... led his troops on a spearhead attack on Cemetery Ridge that was supposed to break through the center of the union line. This has been called the Confederacy's "high-water mark". William Garrison William Garrison played a maj...

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