Saturday, January 26, 2013
Social-Studies Journal 1/25/13
Based on the art we have studied from World War I, what is the most important theme of the war?
Friday, January 18, 2013
Social-Studies Blogger 1/14/13
In the late 1800s, America was in desire of being the best country in the world. The best way they thought of becoming the best was to expand their territory. Some countries like Cuba and the Philippines were affected from this wish. Cuba and the Philippines were currently under Spanish control until America showed up. The Philippines didn't want America to control their country so they denied the request. The Filipinos had to make an ultimate decision between easy living freedom and self-survival.
America argued that they needed to imperialise the Philippines but not everyone supported it. They desired global power at the time so they felt as if they could conquer the weaker nations, they could stretch their territory and so forth on. According to a document, the vice-president Theodore Roosevelt of the United States wanted his troops to imperialise the Philippines; This was a sample of America's expediently growing power. This was futile since America already had to deal with a race problem, the African-Americans; imperialising the Phillipines would make the problems much worse.
Furthermore, major problems like another Civil War could've possibly occurred if the Philippines were imperialised. This is so since the pro-imperialists and anti-imperialists in America might've went to war, like the north vs the south in war on slavery's abolishment; we never know. Since the Philippines wasn't imperialised, a war was possibly prevented and no major problems occurred. The anti-imperialists were joyful for the Philippines becoming an independent country, so am I.
In Conclusion, America later gave the Philippines the opportunity to own a self-government for themselves. The Filipinos were struggling when they were under Spanish control in the late 1800s but they were freed by the Americans. The Filipinos have desired self-government for a long time and they have finally recieved it after denying America's request for imperialism in the Philippines. Therefore, it's great that the United States never imperealised and annexed the Philippines.
America argued that they needed to imperialise the Philippines but not everyone supported it. They desired global power at the time so they felt as if they could conquer the weaker nations, they could stretch their territory and so forth on. According to a document, the vice-president Theodore Roosevelt of the United States wanted his troops to imperialise the Philippines; This was a sample of America's expediently growing power. This was futile since America already had to deal with a race problem, the African-Americans; imperialising the Phillipines would make the problems much worse.
Furthermore, major problems like another Civil War could've possibly occurred if the Philippines were imperialised. This is so since the pro-imperialists and anti-imperialists in America might've went to war, like the north vs the south in war on slavery's abolishment; we never know. Since the Philippines wasn't imperialised, a war was possibly prevented and no major problems occurred. The anti-imperialists were joyful for the Philippines becoming an independent country, so am I.
In Conclusion, America later gave the Philippines the opportunity to own a self-government for themselves. The Filipinos were struggling when they were under Spanish control in the late 1800s but they were freed by the Americans. The Filipinos have desired self-government for a long time and they have finally recieved it after denying America's request for imperialism in the Philippines. Therefore, it's great that the United States never imperealised and annexed the Philippines.
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