Spanish–American War

of nationalistic revolution, of the Revolutionary War and Glorious Revolution, where the oppressed and exploited “people” rise up in mutiny and restore justice and integrity. In contemporary history, however, the concepts of the people and patriotism are often contradictory; the masses are often have a very strifeful relationship with the nation. This dissociation is eloquently exemplified…

In the spring and summer of 1898, America went to war with Spain because of how terrible the Cubans were being treated by their Spanish masters. The Americans were victorious since the Spanish were defeated, Spanish colonies including the Philippines were acquired by the Americans. However one question remained and was debated throughout America, should America annex the Philippines, eventually America decided to annex the Philippines. The United States should not annex the Philippines because…

argument in favor of American imperialism was that it was justified because it spread the American ideals of democracy and liberty to people who lived without them. In an 1896 speech before congress, President Grover Cleveland observed that Cuban rebels were encouraged by “the widespread sympathy the people of this country always and instinctively feel for every struggle for better and freer government.” This American affinity for democracy would translate into arguments for American…

be encountered in these Spanish colonies: Africans, European Spanish, and the Natives. The Natives existed in the colonies long before Columbus and his peers discovered, explored, and claimed them. The Spanish arrived to impose Spanish rule and oversee resource production and distribution. The African peoples were brought in after it was determined that the indigenous population was unfit for large-scale slave labor. As these peoples mixed, so did their cultures. Spanish who refrained from…

expansion and relied the Monroe Doctrine as its sole foreign policy. After years of rejecting global adventurism and international involvement the United States had the ability to compete in the international arena of world superpowers. In designing American foreign policy during the 19th century, Imperialism played the most vital role. Mass Production in factories left surpluses of goods in warehouses due to the low amount of consumers. Big business owners begged for and received an offensive…

Latin American countries started out with an abundance of people, land and riches far exceeding that of the Anglo-Americans. It is hard to imagine what could cause Latin American countries that were once so powerful to become tormented by outside domination, stagnant economies and an abundance of foreign debt while their once frail cousin country, the United States built a stable democracy, expanded in territory and fought off foreign rule while swelling in population. However, the answer is…

Q6: I think the one thing that was mainly different about the South American Revolution and the Mexican Revolution was that in the South American Revolution, the peninsulares and the Creoles were the leaders in the army for South America. In the Spanish Revolution, the lower class people were the leaders in the armies. In the Spanish government they had different social classes. At the top of the Spanish-American government and Society where the peninsulares who are people that had been…

Chap. 24, 1: Discuss the causes of the Latin American independence movement. The independence movement of the Latin American colonies was heavily influenced by European Enlightenment ideas and the successful revolutions in America and France. Latin American social structure was critically important to the jobs and respect a person received, and it was based primarily on place of birth. With the Spanish-born peninsulares at the top, resentment among the Latin America natives was common.…

Theodore Roosevelt- He is the 26th president who championed expansionist ideals within American government, and had a desire to go to war with nations who conflicted with his goals for America’s role in the Americas. Captain A. T. Mahan- He is the propogandist who inspired America’s government, especially Theodore Roosevelt, to fortify America’s military, by proclaiming the strongest nations have the largest militaries. Henry Cabot Lodge- He was a Massachusetts…

from the English and Spanish speakers and later this complicates the person she thinks she is. Anzaldua is a Latina who lives in a society where if she speaks Spanish, she isn’t Chicana enough or if she speaks English she is not American enough. Although Anzaldua shows her connection between language and culture, the article illustrates that society uses these two things to grow apart into different social groups. Anzaldua defines her identity through…