The end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s sparked an era of imperialism within America and its citizens. This sense of imperialism included an induced drive in western settlement, annexation and occupation of countries and colonies, and manifest destiny. People like Frederick Jackson Turner, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt encouraged the settlement and expansionism. They all wanted to continue the growth of America’s influence and the world and wanted it to be a significant power. In Turner’s paper, A Significance of the Frontier in American History, he explained that Americans had to adapt themselves to the changes of an expanding people. He also mentioned that “this perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this
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In his speech, he amplified that the war in Cuba. He expressed that the present condition of affairs in Cuba is a “constant menace to our peace and entails upon this Government an enormous expense.” In summary, McKinley asked Congress to “authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cub, and to secure the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquility and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for the …show more content…
During the time of American occupation, the Filipino people lacked freedom and experienced “how bitter is slavery.” Aguinaldo also stated in his letter that, “All my efforts have been useless against the measureless pride of the American Government and its representatives in these islands, who have treated me as a rebel because I defend the sacred interests of my country and do not make myself an instrument of their dastardly
In his speech, he amplified that the war in Cuba. He expressed that the present condition of affairs in Cuba is a “constant menace to our peace and entails upon this Government an enormous expense.” In summary, McKinley asked Congress to “authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cub, and to secure the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and tranquility and the security of its citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for the …show more content…
During the time of American occupation, the Filipino people lacked freedom and experienced “how bitter is slavery.” Aguinaldo also stated in his letter that, “All my efforts have been useless against the measureless pride of the American Government and its representatives in these islands, who have treated me as a rebel because I defend the sacred interests of my country and do not make myself an instrument of their dastardly