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Some of the policies was to help rebuild the empire, to restore in its natural order, and people to know their places on the social hierarchy,
Answer:
They reached their goal in 1897; however, a year later, Spain ceded the island to the United States under the provisions of the 1898 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War. In 1917, Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and its people became U.S. citizens
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