Imperialism in the Philippines By: Greg Allinson, Natalie

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Imperialism in the Philippines

• By Greg Allinson, Natalie Lundgren, Katie
  Vaughan
• Period 6

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Motivation for Imperialism in the Region

• The United States motivation for Imperialism in
  the Philippines can be categorized as economic,
  ideological, religious, political, and strategic
  motivation.
• Economic motivation opening new markets and
  trade possibilities, wanted favorable balance of
  trade, needed to make exports exceed imports,
  sought to expand foreign markets
• Ideological motivation the belief that they were
  racially superior to others, strong sense of
  nationalism during era known as the Race of
  empire
• Religious motivation sought to spread
  Christianity
• Political motivation the urge to fulfill their
  destiny as a world power by colonizing, looking
  for fresh land to conquer (islands in warm
  oceans)
• Some Americans were against imperialism because
  they disliked the idea of colonizing other
  nations (like British with the U.S.)

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How did the U.S. Gain control?

• The United States gained control of the
  Philippines as a result of the Spanish-American
  war. The Treaty of Paris gave Guam, Puerto Rico,
  and the Philippines for a set price.
• The Filipinos were unhappy that they were being
  given to another country for imperialist rule.
• The U.S. felt that the Philippines was too
  uncivilized to govern themselves, so the U.S.
  kept them under their control.

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What was the extent of U.S. control?

• The U.S. ruled directly in the Philippines.
• A conflict of interest existed between the U.S.
  and the Filipinos as the Americans wanted to have
  an overseas empire and the Filipinos wanted
  freedom.

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What were the effects of imperialism on the
native population?

• There were positive and negative effects of
  imperialism in the Philippines.
• Positive effects
• public education established
• roads, railroads, and hospitals were built
• The U.S. helped the Filipinos when the Japanese
  occupied the Philippines.
• The U.S. eventually helped the Philippines become
  an independent nation.

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What were the effects of imperialism on the
nation?

• Negative effects a bloody war, the
  Philippine-American War, arose as a result of
  Filipino revolt against American rule. Over one
  million Filipinos died as a result of the war.
• The Philippines was left without a strong leader
  and suffered economically.

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How was imperial power removed?

• The Filipinos and Americans fought the
  Philippine-American War from 1899 to 1902, and
  the Americans won.
• Even though the Americans won, they decided to
  help the Philippines become an independent
  nation.
• On July 4, 1946, the Philippines became an
  independent nation.

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What is the current status of the Philippines?

• The Philippines was predicted to be the one of
  the richest countries in Asia.
• Instead of becoming the richest, they became the
  poorest.
• After World War II the Philippine economy did
  poorly because during the rule of Ferdinand
  Marcos, billions of dollars were spent on the
  wrong things.
• Since 2004, president of the Philippines, Gloria
  Macapagal-Arroyo, has taken action in improving
  their economy.