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During the aftermath of the Civil War, the majority of the country had their sights set on racial domination of minority groups or just African Americans to bluntly say, no foreign engagements military or political were taking place against the United States (excluding Native Americans). However, circa 1898 Cuba was under Spanish oppression. As stated by James D. Richardson, Messages, and papers of the presidents, American trade, and commerce with Cuba had taken a gargantuan blow from the deeds of the Spanish military by partaking in uncivilized practices of warfare that placed strains on Americas neutrality laws. And furthermore, evoked the engagement with Spanish military assets because intervention was inevitable for four reasons. But mainly …show more content…
A specific conflict that was protested by this league was the Philippine War and attempted to prevent the hostile annexation of the Philippines. To their dismay, the effort to prevent blood shed bore no fruit, the failed “Treaty of Paris”. Senate ratified it by one vote in 1899 . And along with the commencement of the annexation of the Philippines comes a multitude of “implied” cultural inductions; elimination of all criminal resistance, religion, stand-in government, and subjugation of the general …show more content…
Supervision by “first class powers” introduced by The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine . The “badge” that authorizes the U.S. to act as an international police power and regulating force. To judge another country based on whether or not if it respects and is willing to maintain a sense of responsibility and justice on its own home front. Roosevelt himself stated that one should walk softly and carry a big stick, a redundant statement for an imperial conquest. Self-government for America was nothing but a farce, a blatant façade. The States couldn’t keep the majority of its own citizens fed, educated, employed, compensated within sane means, let the 1% control the country within the time frame of less than a century. Now at the turn of the century, the States are now controlling territories that do not fall under the protection of the U.S. constitution or grant the population of said territories any form of citizenship

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