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Imperialism in the Philippines
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The Spanish-American War
President McKinley was president of the United States at the time during the Spanish-American War. The war was caused by the sinking of the U.S. battleship, USS Maine. Spain was blamed by the U.S. and the war quickly started afterwards. The U.S. forces burned down villages. The U.S. quickly won the war. The war ended with about 4,200 U.S. soldiers, 20,000 Filipino soldiers, and 200,000 Filipino civilians dead. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Spanish-American War ended by the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Spain had to give up Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands in return for $20 million. -
Anti-Imperialists
There was a significant number of Americans who opposed Imperialism. Imperialism is the policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition. The people who opposed Imperialism are called anti-imperialists. Anit-imperialists argued that imperialism weakened American understandings of democracy and that the imperialist policy was racist. -
The Open Door Policy
The Open Door Policy is an idea that all nations should have equal commercial and industrial trade rights. John Hay, McKinley's secretary of state, came up with the idea of the Open Door Policy to help increase American investments. This policy beame the essential foundation of the American foreign policy.
The U.S. and the Philippines have had a very close trade relationship for over 100 years. -
The Philippine Organic Act
The United States passed the Philippine Organic Act in 1902. The Philippine Organic Act established a government consisting of a bicameral legislature. It also appointed a Governor-General as the cheif executive of the Philippines. -
The Jones Act
The Jones Act gave Puerto Ricans U.S. citizizenship. The Jones Act seperated the Judical, Legislative, and Executive branches of the Puerto Rican government, provided civil rights, and a two house legislative. The two houses were a Senate and a House of Representatives. The U.S. maintained control over economic matters. They also had authority over
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Philippines Were Granted Commonwealth
The Philippine Constitution called for the creation of a judicial branch and an elected president. The U.S. set up a system of universal education. The rates of literacy dramatically increased. There were also improvements in public health. There was little done to prevent the probelms of the peasants. Tenant farmers used a sharecropping system. This system often left peasants in debt. The improvements of public health led to an increase in the population. Which meant more food was needed. -
The Treaty of Manila
The Treaty of Manila was a treaty of general alliance. It was signed on July 4th, 1946 in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The Philippines gained their independence. -
The People's Power Movement
Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972. Marcos didn't allow the presidential election in 1973. If the election was held Benigno Aquino would have won. Aquino was one of the first to be jailed when the martial law was imposed. Aquino was released from jail in 1980 and went to U.S. Aquino and his wife went back to Phillipines in 1983. When Aquino stepped off the plane he was shot and killed by the Phillipine military. This bloodless action was known as the People's Power Movement.
