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‘Why did the United States wage a lengthy war for control of the Philippines? At the turn of the century, Lodge, Beveridge, and Roosevelt worried that American men were abdicating their domestic authority, thus causing women to become more active in public life. Like Fernald, the imperial pub- licist and exponent of domesticity for women, […]

What explains the imperialist impulse? Roosevelt, Beveridge, and Lodge had plenty of company in glorifying imperial policies for their effects on character. Similar strains of thought can be seen in the statements made by many of their fellow imperialists, in- cluding even President McKinley. After resisting the pressures for war with Spain in the early

What led Americans to set their democratic scruples aside and wage a trans- Pacific war of conquest? T It was against this martial backdrop that the United States confronted the Philippine issue. The ascendant belief that martial endeavors were good for the nation because they vitalized American men made overseas colonies ap- pear desirable not

What is the most important evidence to support it? From Fernald’s point of view, women who ceased to devote themselves to men and instead competed with them, who preferred “manly” self-assertion to “womanly” self-sacrifice, threatened the health of the race. But just as worrisome was women’s threat to traditional male prerogatives. Warn- ing that softness

what explanation would you offer to account for the American decision to take the Philippines? friend Cecil Arthur Spring Rice: “I do not wonder that you sometimes feel depressed over the future both of our race and of our civilization,” he wrote. “ . . . I should be a fool if I did not

Were there more important issues in the minds of expansionists? Although a number of Americans believed that, by creating a new co- hort of veterans, the Spanish-American War had ensured the well-being of the nation’s political system for another generation, some men continued to be plagued by anxieties that an extended peace would lead to,

Compared to other factors, how important were the gender concerns that she identifies? To more fully understand the imperialist impulse, meaning the desire to take and govern the Philippines, it is necessary to turn the spotlight from perceptions of the Filipinos to American self-perceptions. Imperial- ists’ comments on American men and American democracy indicate that

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Is there evidence that annexations fears about masculinity were connected to other concerns or desires? annexing the Philippines help restore American masculinity, according to Hoganson? 1 Male Degeneracy and the Allure of the Philippines (1998) KRISTIN L. HOGANSON Begun as a chivalrous crusade to redeem American honor and liberate the Cubans from Spanish oppression, the

Do the primary sources indicate that views about gender played a role in the debate over the Philippines? In this selection, historian Kristin Hoganson argues that while a number of influences were evident in the American decision to annex the Philippines, they were related to overriding fears about declining masculinity. Note how she connects fears