Americans who advocated annexation evinced a variety of motivations: desire for commercial opportunities in Asia, concern that the Filipinos were incapable of self-rule, and fear that if the United States did not take control of the islands, another power (such as Germany or Japan) might do so.
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Latin America was suffering greatly from their decrease in exports. World trade was also decreasing. This meant that Latin America was not getting the money they needed to run their countries and keep stable governments. People began mass protests against the governments, and military coups were attempted and many were successful. These newly formed governments found it very difficult to run their countries as a result of the state of instability the countries were already in.
