Imperialists around the world used ideas of racial, national, and cultural superiority to justify imperialism. One of these ideas was Social Darwinism which was the belief that life consists of competitive struggles in which only the fittest survive. Social Darwinists felt that certain nations and races were superior to others and therefore destined to rule over inferior peoples and cultures. In an 1899 interview president McKinley explained "We could not give (the Philippines) back to Spain- that would be cowardly and dishonorable." instead he argued that the United States had no choice but to "take them all, and educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize...them.".
Lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so on the heels of a Union military success
The author uses words such as valiantly that have strong emotional connotations of courage and respect <span />
to make war and give away places which in plain terms is too empoverish the nation
Britain began shipping opium grown in India directly to China.
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