target countries. In the year 1902, the United States of America colonized the Philippines. They did it for the classic reasons; money and raw materials. While the…
During World War II, some things changed, because there was a manual labor shortage and immigrants were demanded. The farming area raising alfalfa, flax, and other vital war crops seriously short of farm labor and the solution was to allow Mexicans to help. Henry Frauenfelder understood Mexican “help was absolutely necessary to harvest vitally essential war crops” and even wanted “deportation be stayed temporarily or until authority for legal entry can be secured”. Then congressional efforts…
the U.S Annex the Philippines? The Spanish-American war has lasted three months and we have lost many soldiers. Spent generous amounts of money and used up resources. This war was against Spain. The reason for the war was to win over the Philippines. And for the United States to become more of a world power. But the lingering question that has left many Americans wandering is: Should the U.S take over the Philippines? I think we should absolutely take over or annex the Philippines. my three…
The United States of America should become anti-imperialists and not annex the Philippines. This is because the Spanish-American War has just concluded. Americans must decide whether to emerge from the war as an imperialist power or as an anti-imperialist power. According to pages 626-628 of American Nation, for three months, America has fought alongside the Philippines for their independence against the Spanish. This was was caused by harsh ruling of the Spanish colonies. U.S. involvement was…
Some people believe that texting is ruining the English language, and that it is penmanship for illiterates. People are bothered by the linguistic rules that it breaks. A lot of the time when people are texting they are not spelling out all the words completely that they usually would, or even using proper punctuation. When people write like that they may come off to other people as unintelligible. David Crystal successfully proves to his readers through facts and examples that this is not true.…
a way to retain their Filipino identity in the new land. Filipino community came together easily as they experienced the same cruelty from the Spaniard voyagers. Officially, Filipinos came to the US by being a plantation worker at Hawaii. The Philippines were initially colonized by the Spanish and after the Spanish–American War in 1898, the United States bought the Philippines.This…
and the Philippines. America decided that they would not annex Cuba, however the fate of the Philippines was still at stake. After a long contemplation, the US Senate decided to ratify a treaty stating that they would indeed annex the Philippines. Although controversial, the decision to annex the Philippines was wise because the Philippines was incapable of self-government, European rivals would claim the Philippines if the US had not, and America would provide Filipinos with an education and a…
The rumors are true about us, we eat dogs. Obviously not in America, but my family in the Philippines do. I grew up with my grandparents in the same house as my parents because in the Philippines the eldest son takes the grandparents in when they can no longer live by themselves. I always knew that I was not fully American when my American friends didn’t understand they had to take their shoes off at the door or why there was left-overs in a cookie container. We also keep every grocery bag for…
international affairs. America’s imperialistic state led to more involvement with issues in the Pacific, Caribbean, and Latin America; leading to Chinese Exclusion, the Spanish-American War, the Cuban crisis, annexation of Hawaii, and the American-Philippine…
Throughout history many people have been discriminated because of where they come from. In “Two Views on the Philippines Question: Excerpts from Andrew Carnegie, Distant Possessions,” we see how Andrew Carnegie feels about the people from Philippines, he considers that they are arrogant and that Americans cannot be grown there. Carnegie feels that people from the Philippines do not know what being an American is like because in order to be a true American he thinks people have to be born and…