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Use the cartoon and your knowledge of U.S. history to answer the question.
This cartoon demonstrates the argument of the imperialists that
A the US needed to make the Philippines independent and let them face the dangerous
world on their own
B the US needed to return the Philippines to Spain
C the US had to keep the Philippines and keep it until it was ready to be independent
D the US needed to abandon foreign entanglements and walk away from the Philippines
Building the American Empire
White Man’s Burden
Take up the White Man’s burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go send your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need
To wait in heavy harness
On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child
Take up the White Man’s burden
In patience to abide
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple
An hundred times made plain
To seek another’s profit
And work another’s gain
Take up the White Man’s burden—
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better
The hate of those ye guard—
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah slowly) to the light:
"Why brought ye us from bondage,
“Our loved Egyptian night?”
Take up the White Man’s burdenHave done with childish daysThe lightly proffered laurel,
The easy, ungrudged praise.
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years,
Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgment of your peers!
What do you think about Kipling’s challenge?
Do you believe he was serious?
Rudyard Kipling 1899
Ruling Puerto Rico
• Military Rule
• Foraker Act of 1900 made Puerto
Rico an unincorporated territory,
therefore they were not US
citizens
• In the Insular Cases the US
Supreme Court ruled that the
Constitution did not
automatically apply to people in
acquired territories
First Company of native
Puerto Ricans enlisted in the
American Colonial Army
Cuba
• American Occupation initially the US left the
officials from the Spanish government in
place
• Those who objected were
placed in jail
• Yet the military provided food
and clothing for those in need,
built elementary schools, and
worked to eradicate yellow
fever
US demanded the Cubans
include in their
Constitution the Platt
Amendment which listed
restrictions on the Cuban
government
Their approval effectively made
the nation a protectorate-a
country whose affairs are
partially controlled by a stronger
power—of the US
Philippines
The US saw the Philippines as a
gateway to Asia
• Emilio Aguinaldo
protested the US
decision to annex
the PI, and led the
Filipinos in a guerilla
war against US
forces
Philippines
• General Arthur MacArthur
responded with many of the
same tactics the US had
condemned the Spanish for using
in Cuba,
• The US forced Filipinos to
live in designated zones
where thousands died
from poor sanitation,
disease, and starvation.
Why do you think the US did this?
Philippines
• William Howard Taft tried to win
of the Filipino people by reforming
education, transportation, and
health care.
• In 1901 US forces captured
Aguinaldo. After nearly three years
and 20,000 Philippine deaths, the
rebels came to an armistice
TAFT on a
Caribou
China
China
• John Hay the US
Secretary of State issued
the
• Open Door Policy in
1899 which basically
stated all nations would
have equal access to
China preventing any
nation from
monopolizing trade
there.
What economic concept was the US
pursuing with this policy?
China
• Boxer Rebellion of 1900 tried to wipe out
“foreign devils”. Members of the Society of the
Harmonious Fist killed over 200 foreigners
• August 1900 multinational force smashed the
rebellion
Impact
• US believed its economy was dependent on
exports and it had the right to intervene in
other countries to make sure markets
remained open to US businesses
Impact
• Anti-Imperialist League
included people such as Jane
Addams, Andrew Carnegie,
Grover Cleveland, and
Samuel Clemens. The League
opposed the expansion
because they believed
imperialism violated the
credo of republicanism,
especially the need for
"consent of the governed."