Imperialism's Bitter Fruit

1. a. After the Spanish were forced out of the Philippines, why did fighting break out between American and Filipino forces?
The Filipino thought that the Americans were helping them gain their freedom from Spain, well it turns out that the US wanted the Philippines.

b. How was this a different kind of warfare for American forces?
The Philipine Insurrection was in the form of irregular, or guerrilla war- similiar to what is being fought today in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whereas, in this early American history, most wars had been fought by large, conventional forces using generally accepted methods of war guided by the rules of war (later to be codified in the Geneva and Hague Conventions).

2. Why were many African-Americans strong critics of the war against Filipino nationalists?
African Americans were strong critics against the African Americans because they were being treated badly by the other members of their team ( the americans). The african americans were not allowed to go into certian bars, barbars, or any other facilities that said "whites only." so because the Filippinos were treatyed the same way (with discrimination) the African Americans knew how they felt.

3. Explain two reasons why the United States lost some of its enthusiasm for imperialism in the early 1900s.
a. Scholars of this time were saying that imperisaliam would increase war and conlflict around the world.

b.The people and Roosevelt saw that there were to many conflicts in trying to occupy an other country. The US was not ready fot hte burden of having an empire. Roosevelt called the islands "Americas achilles heel"

4. What were the positive effects of American occupation in Puerto Rico and Cuba?
When america got control of the Islands they rapidly developed the islands into the times. They put in roads, telegraph lines, the finaces were reorganized, schools were opened, the sanation was improved, and yellow fever was stamped out. d



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.The Us had the right to oversee the cuban economy
b.The US had the right to veot power over Cuban foregin policy.
c.The US was allowed to build a naval base on the southern tip of the island (to insure protection of life, liberty, and proptery.)
d. And intervean when nessceary.

Was the United States justified in making these demands? Explain your reasoning.
The Us was pretty justified in makeing these demands, they gave Cuba freedom to govern themselfs but now they have a greater power to help them if they start to decline. I dont think its fair that Us had the right to oversee the Cuban economy but it was good for the Cubans because it would give them a good head start when trying to gain a better economy.

6. Do you believe the United States was imperialist? Why or why not?

Yes at time i think the US was imperialist but i dont believe it was on purpose. The Us was only trying to gain more land and have a better communcations/ trade in the world so it could show the other countries that it was a big and growing power. But some of the things the US did to proove this were wrong, like when in the Philipines they should not have tried to take them over when the US said that they were helping them gain freedom from Sapin, instead they tricked the Filipines people.