Men in the Philippines

What do people think of when someone tells them of the Philippine War? Most will respond with “the Philippines and Americans fighting with each other” not exactly there’s way more than that to even begin with. Before the Philippine American War started we were at war with Spain for no more than four months. Firstly, Spain didn’t want war with any country whatsoever, Later Spain promised Washington to end all concentration camps and make peace with them. But the United States didn’t buy…

Research paper on the Annexation of the Philippines The Annexation of the Philippines is a debatable topic to historians. Some methods of analyzing the past though they may be different, can be used to explain the issues. There truly is not just one way to analyze the Annexation of Philippines. Why the United States wanted to use the Philippine territory can be both beneficial at least to about 80% of any argument. Though there are those who look at the topic from a more caring view versus…

S. should not annex the Philippines because the Philippine people are very experienced in speaking their own language and also having their own currency which means that they are capable of self ruling. For economic reasons like doing agriculture for a living and making some money off of that income that is why the U.S. should not annex the Philippines as well. The Philippine government was already sturdy and running perfectly fine before the U.S. colonized the Philippines and they were making…

After the Spanish-American War, the United States had possession of the Philippines. This created a divide in the United States about whether to keep the Philippines for its commercial value or to allow the Philippines to become independent. The purpose of the document, The Taste of Empire by Albert J. Beveridge, is to write a disquisition on how essential it is for America to monopolize the Philippines and continue to preserve it. He addresses to the audience of labourers and farmers to show…

Introduction The Republic of The Philippines is a Presidential Republic located in Southeast Asia. The Philippines consists of a group of over 7,100 islands, which is an area slightly larger than the state of Arizona (Factbook, 2010). With an estimated population of just more than 100 million people, The Philippines is very diverse in ethnic groups, languages and religions. The nation is also very rich in natural resources to include major deposits of copper, chromium, gold as well as producing…

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…

Admiral Mitscher and the Battle of the Philippine Sea As World War II, came to a close in Europe, the war in the Pacific for the United States against Japan continued to escalate with the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Also known as the Battle of the Marianas, Admiral Marc Mitscher led an entire armada with four air craft carriers. After his rise through the ranks as a naval officer, his accumulation of war and aviation experience gave him the ability to influence United States air power and…

The HARP categorizes men who reported male-male sexual contact and sexual contact with both males and females as men who have sex with men (DOH, 2015). In 2015, MSM comprised of 89% (6,465) of the total reported cases of MOT via sexual contact among men in the Philippines. Within the past five years, 87% (20,744) of sexually transmitted cases were among MSM. From the start of the epidemic in 1984, 85% (22, 525) of total reported sexually transmitted cases were among MSM. Overall, the rates of…

In 1898, the United States fought a short war with Spain and won . As a result, some Spanish colonies like Cuba, and the Philippine Islands were questionable as to what the United States should do with them. Eventually, the U.S. gave Cuba back but wanted to Annex the Philippines. When the United States annexed the Philippines, it was seen as having an imperialistic motive. The United States has suddenly become a world powerful and this has made many Americans proud and excited. Others see it…

President McKinley planned on gaining control of the islands as a way to have an upper hand in international trade and train a strong naval base. The U.S military was not given consent to take over the Philippines, but the Manifest Destiny ideology led McKinley and his army to to believe that this was the only logical action that could be taken. McKinley established his imperialistic views by saying, “[…] we could not leave them to themselves - they were…