Dating back to early colonial America, John Winthrop’s idea of a puritan “City Upon a Hill” rings true throughout American History. American’s sense of nationalism, this ‘our country is better than your country’ attitude, has come from early Anglo-Saxton society. Not only the idea of being a city upon a hill, but also America’s signature Puritan work ethic played a major role in the 1890s. Americans considered themselves as the best of the best. They believed as the Anglo-Saxton race had enabled the US to become successful, and the progress in addition to the integrity of the US was a result of their valor, restlessness, and fortitude. With success comes money and with money comes power. The pride that was derived from nationalism at this time fashioned the drive to expand the power and influence of ones c

McKinley’s actions again could be seen as humanitarianism, educating, civilizing, and Christianizing the ‘savages’ one Far East Island at a time. But, although he meant well, I suppose President McKinley forgot Catholics are Christian too, and that’s precisely what the vast majority of the Pilipino were, Roman Catholic. This native Pilipinos didn’t take kindheartedly to the American invasion. They wanted independence, period. They fought Spain for it, and why would they stop there? They figured hell, we’ll fight those damn Americans too (Doc C.)

Once the war in Cuba was over the United States reaped the benefits, receiving Puerto Rico and Guantanamo Bay. In May of 1895 Henry Cabot Lodge, in his article “Our Blundering Forging Policy” pointed out the fact the Britain had dominated the West Indies and the only way he felt the US could surmount that obstacle was to secure a strong naval base in Cuba. That’s exactly the purpose Guantanamo Bay served (Doc B.) The US also made Cuba a protectorate, proving the Teller Amendment false or no less than half true. The US was going to give Cuba their independence, just not right away. And when they did the US and Cuba signed the Platt Amendment. This prohibited treaties or debt with foreign nations, and the US had sole right to intervene in any way at any time. This wasn’t done in the best interest of the Cubans, but in favor of protecting American commercialism.

2. The US couldn’t dispense the islands over to France or Germany, who just happened to be the US’s prevalent commercial rival at this time, because god knows what that would do to US Commercialism, it was simply bad business.

The only true instance of Humanitarianism didn’t fall in with the motivatio

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History American’s, Carnegie Imperialism, United Stated, Imperialism Doc, France Germany, Platt Amendment, God Independence, USS Maine, Cuba Philippines, Christian Brotherhood, president mckinley, govern themselves, mans burden’, ‘white mans, united stated, guantanamo bay, 1890s united, world power, ready willing, ‘white mans burden’,