History

how did concerns about American masculinity influence the decision to annex the Philippines? According to the essay (Source 1), how did concerns about American masculinity influence the decision to annex the Philippines? What develop- ments in American society reinforced these concerns by the time Americans debated the fate of the Philippines? According to the essay, […]

Evaluating a Historical Argument78 n early 1899, many Americans could agree with Secretary of State John Hay that the just-concluded conflict with Spain was “a splendid little war.” The previous summer, the United States had defeated Spain in a matter of months. Fewer than four hundred American troops died in combat in the Spanish-American War.

Evaluating a Historical Argument: American Manhood and Philippine Annexation This chapter presents one secondary source, an argument concerning the American decision to annex the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, and primary sources that can be used to evaluate that argument. Secondary Source 1. Male Degeneracy and the Allure of the Philippines (1998), kristin l. hoganson

Percentage of Population Over Ten Illiterate, 1900–1930 Class 1900 1910 1920 1930 All classes 10.7 7.7 6.0 4.3 Indian 56.2 45.3 34.9 25.7 White 6.2 5.0 4.0 3.0 Native 4.6 3.0 2.0 1.6 Foreign-born 12.9 12.7 13.1 10.8 Negro 44.5 30.4 22.9 16.3 All others 26.6 13.1 14.5 12.3 Source: Indians, Bureaucrats, and Land: The

On the lives of Indian adults and children?   Just here a boy of about sixteen years entered the room with an air of assurance. Decked out in the latest style of the “movie” cowboy, ten-gallon hat, leather cuffs and all, he approached Pretty-shield, spoke a few words to her in Crow, and then stood

What does her account reveal about the impact of white culture on those relations? A Crow Medicine Woman on Teaching the Young (1932) “We were a happy people when I came onto this world, Sign-talker. There was plenty to eat, and we could laugh. Now all this is changed. But I will try to begin

Taking an Indian Child to School (1891) 1930.51. Drawing by Boys from Carlisle Indian School. Crow, 1981. Charles H. Barstow Collection, Special Collections Library, Montana State University-Billings. 13 Pretty-shield, a Crow medicine woman, reflected in the early twenti-eth century on relations between adults and children in the old days. What does her account reveal about

What developments in American society reinforced concerns by the time Americans debated the fate of the Philippines? Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. Art Acc.# 1882.18.32. 12 According to a Bureau of Indian Affairs clerk at the Crow reservation, this drawing was made by Carlisle school boys. His notes on the draw- ing read: “Major Wyman,

Luther Standing Bear Recalls Carlisle (1933) At the age of eleven years, ancestral life for me and my people was most abruptly ended without regard for our wishes, comforts, or rights in the matter. At once I was thrust into an alien world, into an environment as Source: Reprinted from Land of the Spotted Eagle

Indians and the White Man’s Education Sources 10–13 in this section were written or created by Native Americans and reflect the Native American experience at Indian schools. As you examine all the sources in this section, consider what they reveal about Indian culture, the Indians’ views about their own education, and the effectiveness of reformers’