Imperialism
Imperialism is when one country expands its "empire" by conquering another land and establishing a colonial setup with them. In my opinion, the answer to this question would be no. The United States is a nation that complained about tyranny for years, and tried to break away from its mother country, Great Britain. According to the given documents, five out of seven felt that imperialism was all right as long as the United States was doing it. These comments came from "educated" people, who were doing what "God" wanted. Using the notion of God to conquer another man's nation is evidently corrupt, and any God fearing man would understand that. The document I find amusing is by far document number one. "It seems to me that God, with infinite wisdom and skill, is training the Anglo-Saxon race for an hour sure to come in the world's future...this race of unequaled energy, with all the majesty of numbers and might of wealth behind it..." I'll break it down before continuing. It appears to me that God, felt Imperialism was right, "with infinite wisdom and skill", basically flatters the followers of imperi
Rev. Strong's statement's isn't valid in my eyes and isn't saying anything productive. Document two is more rational, and identified as written by an army solider. Document six is logical and says: "The taking of the Philippines does not violate the principles of the Declaration of Independence, but will spread them among a people who have never known liberty, and who in a few years will be unwilling to leave the shelter of the American flag as those of any other territory we ever brought beneath its folds." Ok, this is adequate; I found it easy to follow although they are going against the countries standards, basically by disobeying one of the first governments, The Declaration of Independence. Document seven is well written also and reminds us what Abraham Lincoln said, "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." This is a factual point, which makes sense, also contributing to my point. alism and other similar ideas like slavery, "is training the Anglo-Saxon race for an hour sure to come in the world's future", supposedly God is an all loving being and would not single
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