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Philippines Imperialism Benefits

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Many people felt that imperialism is beneficial for our country. However, our country was not built to become a nation that’s main way of advancement is through imperialism. The United States is built upon liberty and democracy and we should hold firm to our beliefs and morals. Our country, with its many advancements, does not need to use imperialism to try and achieve further success. The benefits of imperialism do not outweigh the negatives when it comes to the building of a better nation.

Our country is built upon our constitution and the constitution does not support imperialism because imperialism breaks our core values. As a country, we say we value liberty and democracy. However, this can not be true. Believing in liberty would mean …show more content…

Countries such as the Philippines have dealt with this first hand. The United States government felt that the Philippine nation was an uncivilized and therefore not able to govern themselves. Our government also felt that their religion was not right. These things fall under the motives of imperialism for religion and ideological purposes. We had this view of “The White Man’s Burden”. Because of this mentality, we suppressed the Philippines when we forced our religion onto them. The United States felt that Christianity was a superior religion and that all should have our religion. So we not only forced our religion but also our way of life on them. The Philippine nation, like others, did not have the forces needed to stand up against the United States and were forced to be under our rule. Democracy is also something we claim to believe in. The United States felt that our way of government surpassed all other …show more content…

One of the main factors of imperialism is economics. The goal is to be able to trade with other countries and to find new markets. However, there are already global trade policies put in place. When president Theodore Roosevelt was in office, he gained the rights to the Panama Canal. This vastly improved our military and trade capabilities. Our navy was also one of the largest in the world. Roosevelt had built up the navy and sent it on a trip around the world known as “The Great White Fleet”. This trip helped us gain worldwide power and domestic support. The United States was very successful and imperialism tactics were not needed. Not only was imperialism a waste of time, but it was used for commercial gains. The main goal of many government officials was to maximize profit. With imperialism, they were able to do this. However, this was not needed because the United States was drawing in money not only from within our country but also from foreign countries as well. Imperialism was used for self-profit and wasted our countries time. This is because instead of spending time improving our country, the government spent time trying to make themselves

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