Question

(MC)The excerpt below comes from instructions issued by President William McKinley to diplomats negotiating a peace treaty with Spain:
It is my wish that throughout the negotiations entrusted to the Commission the purpose and spirit with which the United States accepted the unwelcome necessity of war
should be kept constantly in view. We took up arms only in obedience to the dictates of humanity and in the fulfillment of high public and moral obligations. We had no design
of aggrandizement and no ambition of conquest.
Which U.S. action after the Treaty of Paris most directly violated the spirit of McKinley's statement?

Answer 1

Answer:

Neutrality at the beginning of World War I

Explanation:

McKinley during his time as the president of the United States of America carried out actions that was bent on pushing American agenda in the international arena. He did this through his acts of aggressiveness, war, diplomacy and military show off.

Some of McKinley's actions which violated the spirit of the statement during peace treaty with Spain include :- his use of open door policy with china, invasion of Spain following Cuban war of independence. Also, taking possession of colonies in the Latin world such as the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

It is safe to conclude that, he would therefore have never conceived the idea of a neutral USA during the world war 1.