Senator Albert Beveridge was a Republican that served until 1911 and supported Roosevelt Progressive Movement, he also defended the Imperialist movement and the annexation of Philippines. He claimed that Americans were chosen by God.
The Anti-Imperialism movement opposed the annexation of the Philippines and was against wars of conquests. In opposition to Beveridge’s argument, anti-imperialists sustained that the argument that Americans were chosen by God subjected people to their beliefs and that imperialism was against basic American values.
it was everybody except the NAACP (National Association of the Advanced Colored People) Some were stuck in the frame of mind that nothing was going to change so just leave it be, some were for it and some were against it. so its a 50/50 toss up.
