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Anti-Imperialism

Anti-Imperialism. SWBAT. Examine the arguments presented by Americans who opposed imperialism including the Anti-Imperialist League, and organized labor.

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Anti-Imperialism

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  1. Anti-Imperialism

  2. SWBAT • Examine the arguments presented by Americans who opposed imperialism including the Anti-Imperialist League, and organized labor. • Analyze the impact of empire building and colonization on native societies such as the connection between America’s racial problems and the issues of colonized people around the world. 5.2.2.7 Key Vocabulary/Assessed Content: imperialism, Anti-Imperialist League, Carnegie, Twain, subjugation, opportunity cost, Spanish American War

  3. Warm-up Explain the views expressed in the two quotes • "The Opposition tells us that we ought not to govern a people without their consent. I answer, The rule of liberty that all just government derives its authority from, the consent of the governed, applies only to those who are capable of self- government. I answer, We govern the Indians without their consent, we govern our territories without their consent, we govern our children without their consent. I answer, How do you assume that our government would be without their consent? Would not the people of the Philippines prefer the just, humane, civilizing government of this republic to the savage, bloody rule of pillage and extortion from which we have rescued them? " (Albert J. Beveridge, "March of the Flag," 16 September 1898) • "Let us not be misled by names. Imperialism is not a question of crowns and scepters, of names and titles. It is a system of government. Where a man or body of men, an Emperor, a President, a Congress, or a Nation, claims the absolute right to rule a people, to compel the submission of that people by brute force, to decide what rights they shall have, what taxes they shall pay, what judges shall administer their laws, what men shall govern them,--all without responsibility to the people thus governed--this is imperialism, the antithesis of free government". (anit-Imperialist League 1901)

  4. Agenda Part 1:Primary Source Readings and Questions Goal: Read the Anti-Imperialist League primary source reading and answer the reader response questions. Step 1: Before reading the primary source, read the introduction and questions. Know what you are looking for. Read with a purpose. Step 2: While reading underline important key terms and ideas that will help you answer the questions. Circle any part of the reading that is unclear or confusing. See me for help. Step 3: Answer the reader response questions. Step 4: Review the questions and your responses check for accuracy and completeness. Step 5: Read the letter from Mark Twain to the New York Herald. Discuss the evolution of his views with a partner. Part 2: Anti-Imperialist Clip Goal: Discuss the views of the members of the Anti-Imperialist . Step 1: Take notes on the members and views of the Anti-Imperialist League. Step 2: What is the opportunity cost of imperialism? Part 3: Think-Pair-Share Goal: Brainstorm and share the positive and negative effects of imperialism. Step 1: For 15 seconds think about the positive and negative effects of imperialism based on your knowledge. Step 2: Write down a list of the positive and negative effects of imperialism. Step 3: Compare your list with a partner near you. Step 4: Circle 1 positive and 1 negative to share with the class. Step 5: Make a class list.

  5. Agenda Part 4:Consensogram Goal: Chart and determine the class’s opinion on imperialism. Step 1: What impact did imperialism have on the USA? Rate it positive, positive and negative, or negative. Step 2: What impact did imperialism have on native nations that the United States took over? Rate it positive, positive and negative, or negative. Step 3: Discuss consensogram results Part 5: ECR Goal: Write ECR evaluating United States imperialist policy Step 1: Write to answer all bullets Step 2: When finished edit your ECR (exchange with a partner or edit yourself) Part 6: Closure Goal: Debrief the ECR writing Step 1: Discuss ECRs and thesis statements Part 7:Homework Goal: Finish ECR adding examples and details. Due Thursday.

  6. Imperialism Review • Japan • Hawaii • China • Panama • Cuba • Philippines • Guam • Puerto Rico

  7. Spanish American War Recap • In 1898 the United States declared war against Spain in what was called the Spanish American war - John Hay called it that "splendid little war". When Spain surrendered its remaining possessions in the Western hemisphere to the United States, the young nation joined the European powers as an imperialist nation. • On December 10. 1898, the Treaty of Paris, was signed by Spain and the United States. Under this treaty, Spain recognized the independence of Cuba; ceded Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States. The Philippines presented a problem.

  8. Philippine American War Recap • In the United States public opinion was divided over the annexation of the Philippines. Many felt it was important to keep the Philippines so that America might "civilize" them. Others argued that imperialism was inconsistent with the American system of government and Americans' fundamental belief in self-government. • The United States negotiated the surrender of the Philippines for a payment of $20 million dollars to Spain. However, the Filipinos did not recognize any American right of possession and were prepared to fight for their freedom. It took three years for America to win the Philippine-American war. It cost the Americans 10,000 casualties and $600 million. 16,000 soldiers were killed, and about 200,000 civilians died of pestilence, disease, and accident.

  9. "You seem to have about finished your work of civilizing the Filipinos. About 8,000 of them have been civilized and sent to Heaven. I hope you like it.”   -Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist and anti-imperialist, 1899 Filipino war dead (photo National Archives)

  10. Global Imperialism

  11. Anti-Imperialist League Questions • What are the League’s objections to imperialism? • To what other war does the League compare the war in the Philippines? • How does the League propose to end imperialism? • What is the position of the Anti-imperialists toward the U.S. soldiers serving in expansionist wars? • To what extent were the American efforts to establish control over the Philippines inconsistent with the principles of democracy in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution? (remember 9th grade government) • Did the plan to urge Americans not to support government policies in the Philippines advocate/encourage a form of dissent that is unacceptable in the United States?

  12. Mark Twain Home, An Anti-Imperialist, New York Herald [New York, 10/15/1900] I left these shores, at Vancouver, a red-hot imperialist. I wanted the American eagle to go screaming into the Pacific. It seemed tiresome and tame for it to content itself with the Rockies. Why not spread its wings over the Philippines, I asked myself? And I thought it would be a real good thing to do. I said to myself, here are a people who have suffered for three centuries. We can make them as free as ourselves, give them a government and country of their own, put a miniature of the American constitution afloat in the Pacific, start a brand new republic to take its place among the free nations of the world. It seemed to me a great task to which we had addressed ourselves. But I have thought some more, since then, and I have read carefully the treaty of Paris, and I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem. We have also pledged the power of this country to maintain and protect the abominable system established in the Philippines by the Friars. It should, it seems to me, be our pleasure and duty to make those people free, and let them deal with their own domestic questions in their own way. And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land. Discussion questions: How have Twains views changed? Why do you think Twains views changed?

  13. Impact of Imperialism Positive Negative

  14. What impact did imperialism have on the USA? Rate it positive positive and negative negative What impact did imperialism have on native nations controlled by the USA? Rate it positive positive and negative negative

  15. Imperialism ECR During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the United States pursued an aggressive policy of imperialism, extending its social, political, and economic influences around the globe. -Identify the causes of this imperialist policy. -Explain the actions the United States took during the imperialist era. -Evaluate both the positive and negative effects of imperialism -Was the United States justified in its imperialist policy? Explain -Use examples and details to support your answer.

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