U'S' in the Philippines

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U.S. in the Philippines

• 1898 to the 20th century

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Maps The Philippines
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Maps World Map
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Thesis Statement

• The United States involvement in the Philippines
  was not only for protection for the natives and
  free them from Spain, but was also based on
  democratic principles, as well as economic ties.

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Establishment for democratic government

• On January 20, 1899, President Mckinley appointed
  the 1st Philippine Commission The commissioners
  investigate the conditions in the islands and
  make recommendations.
• On March 16, 1900, Mckinley appointed the 2nd
  Philippine Commission. A judicial system was
  established, including a Supreme Court. A civil
  service and police force was also organized.

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Establishment for democratic government

• Reform education and a system of free public
  elementary schools. The U. S. imported 540
  teachers to the Philippines to educate the
  Filipinos. In 1903, the U.S. also established
  schools that taught a non-Muslim curriculum in
  Moro Province Mindanao (in the south).
• English was declared the official language during
  the U.S. occupation. The English requirement
  barred many political offices and ensured a
  dependency on American administrators.

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Establishment for democratic government

• In 1902, Philippine Organic Act disestablished
  the Catholic Church as the state religion, and a
  considerate amount of church land was purchased
  and redistributed.
• Public infrastructure which include
• -railroads and highways
• -improve harbor facilities
• -open greater markets for Philippine goods
  through the lowering or elimination of taxes.
• -stimulate foreign investment in mining,
  forestry, and cash-crop cultivation.

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Designing economic policies to promote the
islands development

• In the mid-nineteenth century, a Filipino
  landowning elite developed on the basis of abaca
  (Manila hemp), sugar, coconut oil, and tobacco.

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Imperialism Washingtons gamble for a new Middle
East

• That the war will deliver democracy to the whole
  Arab world.
• Replacement of the regimes that the U.S.
  dislikes.
• The burden of U.S. imperialism it means
  laying down the rules America wants (on
  everything from markets to weapons of mass
  destructions).