1. a. After the Spanish were forced out of the Philippines, why did fighting break out between American and Filipino forces?
-The Filipinos expected that once america had defeated Spain in the Spanish-American war they would be as good as free (national independence) indeed many of the Filipinos helped the American army fight against the Spanish because the believed so strongly that America, who had once been a colony itself and fought for its freedom, would surely grant them freedom. Soon after the Spanish-AMerican war the Filipinos realized that they had been gravely mistaken. America had no intention of freeing the Philippines. This angered the Filipinos and many of them fought against the americans.
b. How was this a different kind of warfare for American forces?
-Filipinos did not recognize "civilized" battle etiquette or the "rules of war that generally prevailed in battles involving Western nations" They used "quick-striking gorilla movement[s]".
2. Why were many African-Americans strong critics of the war against Filipino nationalists?
-They were against the racist view that many americans had about the Filipinos. Even the black soldiers in fighting for America were discriminated against by other white soldiers. They were banned from many of the places on the islands, such as barber shops.
3. Explain two reasons why the United States lost some of its enthusiasm for imperialism in the early 1900s.
a. America had a very racist and harsh view of the Filipinos (and any other ethnic group that wasn't angelo saxon) this lost a lot of the enthusiasm of the black americans.
b. American literature and media was criticizing imperialism.
4. What were the positive effects of American occupation in Puerto Rico and Cuba?
-more trading
-more naval bases
5. After the Spanish-American War, the United States insisted that Cuba only receive independence after agreeing to several limitations set forth in the Platt Amendment. Four restrictions on Cuban independence set forth in the Platt Amendment were:
a. Cuba had to lease or sell certain land to the United States.
b. Cuba could not get into so much debt that it would not be able to pay back.
c. Cuba Coudn't get into a war with out consulting the United States.
d.
Was the United States justified in making these demands? Explain your reasoning.
- Well I guess that America was kind of justified in the these demands. They had, after all just fought a war against spain and they kind of deserved at least some of the benefits of the prosperous land of Cuba. But with all these limitations on the Cuban government its hardly what I would really consider independence.
