Annexation Of The Philippines Essay
The theme explored in this section is America in the World. The annexation of the Philippines produced a far more controversial debate than the annexation of Puerto Rico, due to the fact that the Philippines was much farther from the U.S. than Puerto Rico, and seemed much more ominous to Americans. To take control of this territory seemed too aggressive, beyond the limits of what was acceptable for the U.S., for many Americans. President McKinley believed there were no alternatives to annexation, as he viewed Filipinos incapable of self-government. To return the territory to Spain, from his perspective, would be cowardly. The Treaty of Paris formally ended the war with Spain, that confirmed the armistice regarding Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam,
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Those in favor of imperialism exemplified “dependent” Indian nations, as the counterargument for absorbing a large group of people, where Filipinos would occupy the same legal status as Indians, with no rights. The treaty was finally ratified in 1899, and shortly after McKinley was reelected in 1896. William Jennings Bryan, an ardent anti-imperialist, began to advocate for annexation so that the issue would from the Senate and into the center of a national referendum. Bryan also convinced a number of anti-imperialist democrats to support the treaty in order to set up the 1900 debate, where he expected to be nominated by the Democratic party. In effect, the opposite came true, as the fact that the election of 1900 was a referendum on the Philippines issue, it undoubtedly proved that the nation had decided in favor of ratification. A similar situation occurred with the annexation of Texas, that was a divided issue, and those opposed, similarly to anti-imperialists, saw the issue in moral terms, where Teas would further expand the institution of
Those in favor of imperialism exemplified “dependent” Indian nations, as the counterargument for absorbing a large group of people, where Filipinos would occupy the same legal status as Indians, with no rights. The treaty was finally ratified in 1899, and shortly after McKinley was reelected in 1896. William Jennings Bryan, an ardent anti-imperialist, began to advocate for annexation so that the issue would from the Senate and into the center of a national referendum. Bryan also convinced a number of anti-imperialist democrats to support the treaty in order to set up the 1900 debate, where he expected to be nominated by the Democratic party. In effect, the opposite came true, as the fact that the election of 1900 was a referendum on the Philippines issue, it undoubtedly proved that the nation had decided in favor of ratification. A similar situation occurred with the annexation of Texas, that was a divided issue, and those opposed, similarly to anti-imperialists, saw the issue in moral terms, where Teas would further expand the institution of