Unit 7 DBQ
Kathryn Dang
AP U.S. History
Period 5
02/28/15
Unit 7a DBQ The SpanishAmerican war had ended in the late nineteenth century, ending Spain's power in the West and resulting in the United states gaining the Philippines, Guam, Cuba, and
Puerto Rico. The views of the United States overseas expansion acknowledged the U.S.'s intervention with foreign in a positive and negative way. However, the arguments about overseas expansion tended to be enveloped in terms of who Americans were and what the United States stood for, whether they were supporting or opposing expansionism and imperialists or antiimperialists. Therefore, the views of american and national identity played an important role in shaping these views.
The argument about the United States intervening with other countries has been heavily debated. Some Americans believe that their intervention with foreign affairs were not needed and immoral. For example, William Graham Sumner, gave a speech explaining how the U.S. is similar to Spain because they care exporting U.S. values using military force. William Jennings
Bryan also made a speech that criticized the acquisition of the Philippines, saying that we could not afford to add another race question to the race questions that we already have.
Antiimperialists argued that the American constitution was only meant for certain races and would only extend as far as the American continent. They were conservative by thinking that by adding the Philippines problem, the Constitution could collapse. A political cartoon that was viewed in a satirical magazine portrayed the irony of an American liberty symbol surrounding nonU.S. territories. This suggested that America’s interests may be overextended.
The economic motivation caused the search for more land and expansion and alternatively, imperialism could have been a continuation of the Manifest Destiny, but with the
West mostly won, people were looking elsewhere to expand. The addition of
AP U.S. History
Period 5
02/28/15
Unit 7a DBQ The SpanishAmerican war had ended in the late nineteenth century, ending Spain's power in the West and resulting in the United states gaining the Philippines, Guam, Cuba, and
Puerto Rico. The views of the United States overseas expansion acknowledged the U.S.'s intervention with foreign in a positive and negative way. However, the arguments about overseas expansion tended to be enveloped in terms of who Americans were and what the United States stood for, whether they were supporting or opposing expansionism and imperialists or antiimperialists. Therefore, the views of american and national identity played an important role in shaping these views.
The argument about the United States intervening with other countries has been heavily debated. Some Americans believe that their intervention with foreign affairs were not needed and immoral. For example, William Graham Sumner, gave a speech explaining how the U.S. is similar to Spain because they care exporting U.S. values using military force. William Jennings
Bryan also made a speech that criticized the acquisition of the Philippines, saying that we could not afford to add another race question to the race questions that we already have.
Antiimperialists argued that the American constitution was only meant for certain races and would only extend as far as the American continent. They were conservative by thinking that by adding the Philippines problem, the Constitution could collapse. A political cartoon that was viewed in a satirical magazine portrayed the irony of an American liberty symbol surrounding nonU.S. territories. This suggested that America’s interests may be overextended.
The economic motivation caused the search for more land and expansion and alternatively, imperialism could have been a continuation of the Manifest Destiny, but with the
West mostly won, people were looking elsewhere to expand. The addition of