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    soldiers were attacked in the Philippines by Japan. American and Filipino soldiers fought for as long as we could before we surrendered to the Japanese. Japan took 76,000 hostages and marched them across the Philippines. This horrific journey was known as the Bataan Death March. The Bataan Death March was a ruthless, brutal journey through malnutrition, illness, persecution and ultimately death.(Norman,2015) On December 7, 1942, hours prior to the attack on the Philippines, Japan attacked America

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    Japanese Arrive What brought America into World War II was the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Immediately after the attack, The Japanese began its many attacks on the the Philippines because it was property of the United States. After these air attacks, the Japanese fourteenth army invaded the Philippine island of Luzon on December 12 1941. A larger attack, on December 22, 1941, followed in the Lingayen Gulf. The lieutenant of the Japanese 14th army was General Masaharu Homma. The attack

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    United States declared war on Spain. This was the beginning of the Spanish-American war. This short war would end with the Unites States gaining control over the Philippines. There has been much debate and many theories about what drove the United States to incur the costs of fighting to gain ownership and then to keep the Philippines. Historian Kristin Hoganson’s theory states that the root cause was declining American masculinity and the thought that a manly war would rejuvenate things. This

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    wanted to do with the Philippines: Give it back to Spain, Give the filipino people their freedom, or to annex the whole country itself. With much debate ranging from artists, influential citizens, and government officials, the US ultimately decided it would annex! The United States should not have annexed the Philippines but rather should have given them their independence. While others may think the annexation of the Philippines would have benefited them, what the Philippines really needed was

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    and the Philippines What would you do to gain more power? The definition of imperialism is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. The Philippines and the Panama Canal are two victims of U.S. Imperialism during the early 1800s to the 1900s. During this time the U.S. used several foreign policies, tactics, and concepts to gain control over new territories. Theodore Roosevelt used his foreign policy of dollar diplomacy to gain the Philippines and he

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    21st century. Most people assume that slavery has been abolished and no longer exists in modern day society; however, many men, women, and children are subjected to forced labor and the sex trade industry. One of the places where this is most prominent is in an island off Southeast Asia, called the Philippines. The Philippines is a destination and transit country for men, women, and children who are subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. This forced harboring and exploitation of humans

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    In November 2013, Pantene Philippines launched a very conversational commercial. In the commercial, there is a women and a man in the exact same scenario responding the same way; however, words float around describing how society perceives the roles of gender. The director of the commercial shed light on the gender bias that exists in Philippines. According to the 2013 Global Gender Gap Report, Philippines was ranked in number five in gender equality (Cann 1). There are about 77% of males and 66%

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    be strong on their attack against the Japanese. In the Spring of 1942, America would suffer the loss at the fall of the Philippines. The battles in the Philippines was led by General Douglas MacArthur. Following the fall of Bataan and in the Philippines, the Americans would suffer through the brutal Bataan Death March on April 9. Men were forced to march all through the Philippines to a concentration camps and an prisoners who would fall or become

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    DATE: March 25, 2016 SUBJECT: Preparation for Contract Negotiations in the Philippines The purpose of this memo is to inform you that next month you will be visiting the capital city of Manila in the Philippines to represent this highly esteemed organization. As such, this memo is intended to help you in your preparation for the series of preliminary contract negotiation sessions in the foreign country. Summary Philippines is an Asian country in South East Asia made up of a series of islands, totaling

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    Generals that were in command during the time of the Philippine-American War one being General Bell and the other General Smith. Out of the two U.S. generals that were in command, General Bell is highly more recognized for various reasons. One reason being that General Bell and General Smith had highly different understandings of warfare. James Franklin Bell, he was born on January 9, 1856 in Kentucky. General bell served as a commander during the Philippine-American war from 1898 to 1902. During his time

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