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The War Of The American War

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The year was 1898, and America had just finished fighting Spain in Cuba and the Philippines. Spain had been in control of the islands, but when they islands wanted their independence America volunteered to help. America promoted the islands fighting back, and were encouraging the revolution against Spain. Little did these nations know that once Spain had lost, America got signed over everything in the Treaty of Paris, and they did not plan to let these premiere locations go without another fight. We wanted the Philippines for three main reasons: missionaries wanted to spread Christianity and the word of God, we couldn 't leave them to govern themselves because they were unfit, as well as business leaders wanted a way to easily become immersed in the vast markets of China. So in February of 1899, America found themselves in another bloody war, known only as the Philippine-American War. Throughout the history of America, there has always been the belief of the “white mans burden”. This means that it is the responsibility of white people to find and save non-white people from themselves by forcing our culture and governing upon them. Through this practice, we believe we are helping and improving the lives of the poor and unfortunate people of the world. One large aspect of this is to bring and teach the word of God to the uncivilized people that do not have the opportunity to learn and experience about it for themselves. President McKinley used the idea of evangelism to

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