Question

What justification does Senator Beveridge make for the American control of the Philippines?

Answer 1

Senator Beveridge was an American historian and senator from Indiana. The senator was an advocate of American imperialism.

Among other goals, he supported the annexation of the Phillipines. He believed this to be justified because of the "white man's burden": the idea that Western, white people had the moral duty to educate other less civilized people. This was not only a noble duty, but the fulfillment of God's plan, as he made them racially and intellectually superior to all other races.

Answer 2

-in a report, called "Instances of the Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad 1798-1945", 103 interventions in the affairs of other countries between 1798 and 1895 were cited
-expansionism was increasingly encouraged by the millionaire press, the military, the gov't, the eager-to-please scholars of the time
-ideology of expansion was widespread in the upper circles of military men, politicians, businessmen, and among some of the leaders of farmers' movements who though foreign markets would help them.