Abstract
The new American empire is small in comparison to the great European empires of the era. Three recent acquisitions--Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico--present relatively few problems for the country, but Cuba and the Philippines prove more difficult. As a protectorate Cubans elect their own government but clearly the country does not have sovereignty over foreign affairs. U. S. troops are stationed there until 1902. In the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo leads an independence movement against U.S. annexation which results in three years of bloody conflict. Once actual administration of the Philippine Islands begins, Americans are forced to cut back on their aspirations. William Howard Taft, first governor general of Philippines, pursues policy of accommodation that achieves few improvements.
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small size of American empire, U.S. acquisitions that present few problems, Cuban protectorate, limitations on Cuban independence, independence movement in Philippines, Emilio Aguinaldo, bloody conflict, administration of Philippine Islands, William Howard Taft, policy of accommodation, United States becomes an Imperial Nation, The
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American History, American Studies, Foreign Policy of the U.S., Unfinished Nation, The
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00:03:28 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
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