Compare and contrast American views of Cuba and the Philippines
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Politicians placed Cuba and the Philippines in the same category because these territories were both Spanish colonies.
b. During the Spanish-American War, the American Asiatic squadron under the command of George Dewey attacked the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.
c. The treaty that concluded the Spanish-American War transferred the Philippines to the United States.
d. Politicians saw U.S. military intervention in Cuba and the Philippines as an assertion of U.S. power.
e. To the American public, however, Cuba and the Philippines represented two very different things.
f. Many Americans saw Cuba as a victim of Spanish rule and supported the Spanish-American War because it liberated the Cubans from Spanish oppression.
g. Many Americans saw the Philippines as a victim of American imperialism and criticized the Philippine-American War as a dirty war.
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