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with lead-in and analysis:
Direct quote with author’s name in text:
Religious leaders, who believed in the dominance of the Anglo
Saxon race, spoke out in favor of Imperialism. Josiah Strong, a
popular Protestant clergyman who wrote Our Country, believed
that the Americans of German and British descent were God’s
representatives - a “race of unequaled energy, with all the
majesty of numbers and the might of wealth behind it… will
spread itself over the earth” (83). Strong’s argument that the
white European race had a divine right to conquer other lands
demonstrates the culturally accepted racist views at the time. His
statement also shows the power and involvement that religious
groups had on the political policies in the United States.
Direct quote with author’s name in parenthetical reference:
Religious leaders, who believed in the dominance of the Anglo
Saxon race, spoke out in favor of Imperialism. One popular
Protestant clergyman believed that the Americans of German
and British descent were God’s representatives - a “race of
unequaled energy, with all the majesty of numbers and the might
of wealth behind it… will spread itself over the earth” (Strong,
83). Strong’s argument that the white European race had a
divine right to conquer other lands demonstrates the culturally
accepted racist views at the time. His statement also shows the
power and involvement that religious groups had on the political
policies in the United States.
Example of a quote longer than four lines:
Imperialism was debated by presidential candidates. In William
Jennings Bryan’s acceptance speech for the democratic
nomination for President on August 8, 1900, he defends his
argument against Imperialism by indicating it is not in the best
economic interests of everyday Americans:
Imperialism would be profitable to the Army
contractors; it would be profitable to the shipowners,
who would carry live soldiers to the Philippines and
bring dead soldiers back; it would be profitable to
those who would seize upon the franchises, and it
would be profitable to the officials whose salaries
would be fixed here and paid over there; but to the
farmer, to the laboring man, and to the vast majority of
those engaged in other occupations, it would bring
expenditure return and risk without reward. (83)
Bryan believes that the common man would not benefit
economically if the United States expanded into the Philippines.
It would cost money to secure the area militarily, and any money
the government invested would be spent overseas with no
benefit to people in America.