1. The Annexation of the Philippines
A political cartoon analysis

2. DO NOT COPY
Topic: The Annexation of the Philippines
Objective: Students will be able to analyze the reasons that support and oppose US annexation of the Philippines
Do Now: “No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self government, when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government – that is despotism (rule by a tyrant).” – Abraham Lincoln…Thoughts?
HW: (1) Finish class activity (2) Read and outline Ch. 10, Sect. 3

3. Brief review of events The US went to war with Spain in Cuba.
US also sent ships to the Philippines and destroyed the Spanish fleet there.
After the US won in Cuba, they bought the Philippines for $20 million.
Instead of supporting Aguinaldo and Philippine Independence, they decided to annex the Philippines which led to a long war.

4. EXAMPLE: Judge, 1899

5. Judge, 1899

6. Life, 1900

7. Puck, 1899

8. The World, 1898

9. Review
How is America depicted differently by advocates and critics of American expansion?
What do these cartoons tell you about America in the 1890s?
Do you see images like this today? Why or why not?