1. PHILIPPINES 2. DEBATE OVER PHILIPPINES 3. PHILIPPINE WAR 4. PUERTO RICO 5. CUBA Postwar Period

Annexation Anti-Imperialist Colonies make a nation stronger US could dominate Asian Trade Spread Christianity to natives US was the only power that did not possess colonies irresponsible of US to grant independence immoral Fear of introducing “inferior” Asian foreigners to America Outsourcing would steal jobs unwelcome competition Undermine US democracy Conflicts Debate Over Philippines

Philippines Debate over Annexation  Empire or not?  Anti-Imperialist League  Mark Twain  Samuel Gompers  William Jennings Bryan  Andrew Carnegie Treaty of Paris ratified by Senate (1899) McKinley beats William Jennings Bryan (1900)

Philippine Insurrection ● Filipinos accused America of hypocrisy and revolted. ● Brutal guerilla warfare and massacres by both sides left many dead. ● 220,000 Filipinos ● 4300 American Marines ● Fighting ended four years later in 1901 with the capture of Aguinaldo who peacefully surrendered and retired

Insular Cases Supreme Court Rulings (early 1900’s) Constitution does not follow the flag New Territories  Belonged, but not part of the US  Congress determined rights ● Philippines became stable and increasingly autonomous until their independence granted by the US in 1946

Puerto Rico Foraker Act of 1900  American governor  Bicameral legislature Jones Act of 1917 Puerto Rico today

Cuba Teller Amendment (1898) Platt Amendment (1901)  banned it from making treaties  Naval base (Guantanamo)  Debts had to remain low  Right of intervention protectorate Revolution of 1958