American Anti-Imperialist League

“Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League”, got published by Carl Schurz in 1899 and it appeared to be a political opinion piece. The purpose of publishing this article this may have been to influence people who supported the idea of imperialism. Schurz claimed that imperialism held a lack of compatibility with the values that the American government claimed they stood for. Hence, when the United States seized control of the Philippines by force, Schurz felt compelled to write this article. The Philippines had been under a self-government and the Unites States only took control of the Philippines as a response to their rift with Spain. Due to this it gave the impression that the United States and the other powers at the time, saw this…

The U.S. melting pot was the result of what Turner describes as “in the crucible of the frontier the immigrants were Americanized, liberated, and fused into a mixed race.” (Turner, paragraph 3) As a young nation in the late 19th century, the US hadn’t lost a war and therefore, felt that they were better than most other nations. In fact, as Albert Beveridge said in his “America’s Destiny” speech, “[God] has marked us as His chosen people” (Beveridge, Paragraph 1). Within his speech, he is harsh…

Although Spanish-American War ended with American victory, the conflict was not necessarily an easy win. The war faced numerous oppositions from the population of the involved nations and their territories that wanted to avoid the conflict. However, none of these group were able to influence the government and public interest enough to prevent the war or annexation. Groups that opposed the Spanish-American War included american businesses, the Spanish population and the Anti-Imperialists.…

American Imperialism: Differences on the Homefront In the late 19th Century, the United States began to expand its territories overseas much like Great Britain, France, and Spain had done many years prior. With the annexation of Hawaii in 1898, and the acquisition of territories like the Philippines and Guam, the United States looked as though they were going to fulfill their quest in finally becoming a ‘superpower’. Supporters of imperialism believed it was time for America to expand its…

Following the 8 month American-Spanish war, the United States gained territories such as Guam and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, as well as the Philippines off the southeastern coast of Asia. Following this brief war, there will be debate on how the Philippines should be divided and who should lead the nation. Emiliano Aguinaldo, the rebel leader of the Filipino people, attempted to lead a revolt against the Americans who had declared that they would rule the island, but miserably failed. With…

races believed it was their destiny to dominate the globe and transform institutions, traditions, languages, and even the blood of the world’s peoples. America’s imperialistic development began with the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands quickly followed by the war of 1898 against Spain. Americans wanted Cuba to gain their independence from Spain; the…

imperialistic side won because of strong leaders and support for soldiers, while the Anti-Imperialistic League decreased in power and crumbled apart. The side fighting for imperialism supported the annexation of the Philippines because they believed it offered a new frontier for American expansion, and wanted to gain access to foreign markets for trade. Many people looked to a new frontier abroad to keep Americans from losing their competitive edge. They wanted to prove to the world that…

On June 15, 1898 the American Anti Imperialist League was created with the main focus of keeping the US out of the Philippines. Although Imperialist viewed the annexation as helpful to the US, the inability to give the people of the Philippines lawfully equal treatment, racial differences along with opposing moral views, and the cost of expansion would become arguments justifying why the Anti Imperialist were against the colonization of the Philippines. The first reason the Anti Imperialist…

discusses an argument that develops between two different perspectives on imperialism and anti- imperialism after the Spanish- American War. He mentions that many Americans supported the idea of expansionism while others opposed it. He asserts that the people who supported the idea of imperialism believed that it was an American duty to intervene in other countries affairs in order to liberate the oppressed. Conversely, he states that other people were against these expansionists for America…

Person 1: Imperialism is the best choice, I am in favor of it, imperialist improve conditions in conquered countries. Countries who take over other countries for their raw materials to further their economic and military benefits. Person 2: Not at all, I am against imperialism because this includes people opposing the expansion of a country beyond earlier borders. Anti-imperialism originated in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Person 1: Imperialism has quite a bit of motives…