To end military rule and set up civil government in Puerto Rico.
It also gave the President of the United States the power to appoint Puerto Rico's governor and members of the upper house of it's legislature. Puerto Ricans could elect only the members of the legislature's lower house.
The Foraker Act benefited the US because it acquired a new territory from it, Puerto Rico. The Foraker Act was enacted in 1900.
The Foraker Act granted only partial citizenship to Puerto Ricans.
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The Foraker Act (officially known as the Organic Act of 1900) was a significant piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress that established a civil government for Puerto Rico after it became a U.S. territory following the Spanish-American War in 1898.
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It granted Puerto Ricans partial US citizenship status