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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!NWU.EDU!JCORYELL
  3. Message-ID: <HISTORY%92121618535554@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.history
  5. Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:15:08 CST
  6. Sender:       History <HISTORY@PSUVM.BITNET>
  7. From:         "John Coryell." <jcoryell@NWU.EDU>
  8. Subject:      Re: The Spanish/American War
  9. In-Reply-To:  Message of Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:30:17 EST from <MAINT2@ERS>
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  11.  
  12. >On Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:12:52 EST Christopher R. Dunlea said:
  13. >>In article <HISTORY%92121322512390@PSUVM.PSU.EDU> Lenny <LABBEY@GITVM1.BITNET
  14. >>writes:
  15. >>>
  16. >>>I can't think of any.  We bought Florida, Louisiana, Alaska, the Gadsden
  17. >>>land, California.
  18. >>>
  19. >>>Lenny
  20. >>
  21. >>I think Texas and Hawaii qualify. I know we annexxed Texas at somer
  22. >>point, and Hawaii was definitely annexed in the late 1890's.
  23. >>
  24. >>Chris
  25. >
  26. >Isn't anyone going to mention Arizona and New Mexico?
  27.  
  28. Sure.  Gadsden.  Complete control of the Colorado, for what it's been
  29. worth.  How about the Marshall Protectorate?  What is the criteria
  30. here exactly?
  31.  
  32. John Coryell.
  33.