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.
Answer: False
The articles of confederation made the central government (eg: congress) weak and/or ineffective. Instead the power rested in the various individual states. So in a sense, the 13 states were more or less their own country, but loosely tied together with a confederation.
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poor farmland and lack of fresh water
Parts of the American society created racial stereotypes against latinos after many illegal Mexican immigrants crossed the border into America.
