The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. ... The telegram was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence.
Some argue that American rule in the Philippine Islands will result in the better education of the Filipinos. Be not deceived .... (We) dare not educate them lest they learn to read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States and mock us for our inconsistency .
... (A) war of conquest is as unwise as it is unrighteous .... It is not necessary to own people in order to trade with them ....
Imperialism finds no warrant in the Bible. The command, "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature," has no Gatling gun
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Freedoms. The Anti-Federalists were scared that the federal gov would take those freedoms away so it was added to limit the gov.
2. Puerto Rico is a territory and not officially a state.
(1 is Hawaii, 3 is Alaska, and 4 is the continental United States)
