Weekend of 3/9-3/11 Homework

Page 664-673 in Pageant. Read and outline.
Terms:
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, Treaty of Paris, Anti-imperialism, self- determination, Anti-Imperialist League, Philippine?American War, Emilio Auginaldo, Taft Commission, the Insular Cases (DeLima v. Bidwell, Downes v. Bidwell, etc.), Foraker Act, Leonard Wood, Platt Amendment, Jones Act

Homework Question:
1. Why did the proposed annexation of the Philippines create such conflict among Americans? What were the arguments for and against the annexation of the Philippines?
2. What arguments did Anti-imperialists use to oppose annexation of the Philippines and imperialism more generally? Why might individuals as diverse as Samuel Gompers, Andrew Carnegie, and Booker T. Washington have all opposed imperialism? What impact might this diversity have had on the effectiveness of the anti- imperialist movement? 3. How might both imperialism and anti-imperialism be seen as progressive?
4. Traditionally, why might historians have rarely written about the Philippine- American War?
5. Why had Philippine leader Emilio Auginaldo supported the United States in the Spanish-American War? Why did Auginaldo, who had supported the U.S. in the Spanish-American War, then lead a revolt against the U.S. in 1899?
6. What was the Taft Commission? What did it indicate about the way Americans saw their role in the Philippines? In what sense was the Taft Commission progressive?
7. What principle did the U.S. Supreme Court assert in the Insular Cases (Dooley v. U.S., Downes v. Bidwell, etc.)? What did this suggest about the way Americans viewed the peoples of territories annexed by the United States during the late 19th century?
8. What was the Foraker Act? What did it suggest about the way Americans viewed the United Statesí role in the Western Hemisphere during the late 19th and early 20th century?
9. What were the provisions of the Platt Amendment? What did it suggest about the way Americans viewed the United Statesí role in the Western Hemisphere during the late 19th and early 20th century?