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After reading the documents, students choose one document, prepare their arguments, and debate U.S. annexation of the Philippines from the perspective of ...
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historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6613/
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“Had we no interests in China,” noted one advocate of annexation, “the possession of the Philippines would be meaningless.” In the Paris Peace negotiations, President William McKinley demanded the Philippines to avoid giving them back to Spain or allowing a third power to take them.
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historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5575/
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The American annexation of the Philippines in order to "Christianize" the Filipinos seems to make little sense, since the Filipinos were almost entirely Catholic and had been for centuries. Partially, this American desire was based on the American public's ignorance.
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www.sparknotes.com/history/american/spanishamerican/sec...
www.sparknotes.com/history/american/spanishamerican/section8.rhtml
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The annexation of the Philippines caused major problems, however. The Filipinos had fought with the Americans against the Spanish, thinking that the Americans were there to liberate the Philippines in the same way they were liberating Cuba.
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www.sparknotes.com/history/american/spanishamerican/sec...
www.sparknotes.com/history/american/spanishamerican/section9.rhtml
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Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, Speech given in December 1898. What problems did Gomper believe annexation of the Philippines would bring about?
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home.att.net/~betsynewmark2/DebatePhilippines.htm
home.att.net/~betsynewmark2/DebatePhilippines.htm
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American Foreign Policy -- The Turning Point, 1898-1919: Part 3: by Ralph Raico, April 1995 ... In reality, the annexation of the Philippines was the centerpiece of the "large policy" pushed by the imperialist cabal to enlist the United States in the ranks of the great powers.
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www.fff.org/freedom/0495d.asp
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Finally, have the students analyze the United States' final decision about the annexation of the Philippines and the negative effects U.S. presence in this nation may have had.
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www.vcdh.virginia.edu/solguide/VUS09/vus09a06.html
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Let us examine what the American Imperialists are publishing to defend their annexational objects. They say that the national honor and the prestige of America will not allow them to retire from the Philippines. ... How they can invoke, with the idea of annexation, the mission of civilization of the United States,
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www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/bluma01.htm
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Chronology for the Philippines ... Maps of the Philippines in the Library of Congress ... Map of the Philippines...
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www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/philippines.html
www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/philippines.html
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