Overseas Filipino

Asians faced discrimination and were pushed aside as if they were a plague. In our text book Lon Kurashige and Alice Yang Murray included a document by Connie Tirona on recalling her experience growing up in America during the 1930s-1940s, where Filipinos themselves faced discrimination. She recalls, “The lady in the store asked if I had money. When I showed her my money and pointed at the piece of chocolate candy I wanted, I remember her taking double pieces of paper so she wouldn’t touch my…

President Taft passed away on February 3rd 1930. He was the first president to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. William H. Taft had accomplished so much in his lifetime. When he was governor of the Philippines, he showed compassion to the Filipinos. He treated them as equal and worked very hard to include them in their government. He also helped the people of Cuba become independent. While as a professor at Yale, he gave students first-hand information on the national laws and how…

The U.S. Navy, in spite of the Spanish, was controlled by John D. Long and Theodore Roosevelt, having much control over the seas, and the capture of Manila with Emilio Aguinaldo as a Filipino insurgent helping them. The Rough Riders, which also included Roosevelt’s leadership, were volunteers that went to Cuba to battle at El Caney and San Juan Hill. The American army did not stop there, and took over Puerto Rico with the command of Nelson…

Was the United States justified in acquiring an overseas empire? The United States had various motivations for conquering land overseas. Richard Hofstader, an American historian and professor, argued that the U.S. had imperialist and political reasons for acquiring an overseas empire. On the other hand, Walter Lefeber, a history professor, argued that the country’s motivation for acquiring an overseas empire was imperial and economic. Some people argue that the United States was justified…

Mexican Americans spoke Spanish their skills were utilized for example, the nationalww2museum.org wrote an article stating this very fact that I would like to reference “their fluency in Spanish was invaluable when serving with Spanish speaking Filipinos” (nationalww2museum.org Page one). Utilizing the fact that Mexican Americans can speak the native language in other they were able to gain important information. The fact that many Mexican Americans spoke Spanish was a huge advantage for the…

his beliefs and spread democratic ideals to these foreigners by teaching them “how to elect good men” (edsitement.neh.gov). Wilson believed that the troubled Haitians needed a guiding hand to restore peace, and he wanted to protect American assets overseas (Bailey 710). Soon, Wilson signed a treaty that allowed taking over Haiti’s finances, and he stationed troops there for nineteen years to suppress rebellions. For the Americans, this was a positive outcome of moralistic diplomacy because it…

However, Japan’s attitude towards overseas expansion, though being recognized as aggressive and imperialistic, was tied and restricted by several treaties and by the established international law. The Asian country started to claim new territories, but under the Powers’ dictations, these movements were clearly limited, revealing a Western imperialist mood that impacted on Japan to set in motion for a dramatic change in their thoughts of growth. “The Manchurian Incident”, happening in September…

The United States, unlike other countries did not start an imperialist policy until the late nineteenth century. However, once on board the United States made “a burst of overseas expansion from 1898 to 1904, the United States acquired Guam, Hawaii, the Philippines and Puerto Rico; established a protectorate in Cuba; and exercised force to build a canal through Panama.” The United States had a prolonged desired for Cuba because…

and democrats and general people on the matter of expansion questioning the founding belief and effect on American values. The United States began to do well after the civil war because of industrial revolution economic benefit, the view to expand overseas was among many Americans…

to ten million followers. With all the followers donating nearly ten percent of their yearly income, El Shaddai brings in an insane amount of money for Brother Mike and many people wonder where that money is going. Other people like Father Bert, a Filipino Catholic priest, are against what El Shaddai stands for because he feels it runs counter to liberation theology. (Wiegele 165) Brother Mike and his congregation raise more red flags with the amount of influence they have in political…