William McKinley: Difference between revisions

* McKinley's most infamous act is the invasion of the Philippines which, like Spain, were under Spanish rule. Due to McKinley's obsession with making America a leading player on the world stage, he ordered troops to attack the Philippines and take it away from Spain in order to make it a US territory. In the initial takeover, 200,000 Filipino civilians were killed by US troops, and McKinley subsequently ordered the establishment of [[Concentration Camp|Concentration Camps]] and the destruction of crops when the Filipinos resisted. He also displayed cultural bigotry towards the Filipinos, as he imposed the assimilation of the Philippines into US culture, meaning that local culture was repressed in favour of the US.

* After assisting in the defeat of the Boxer Rebellion in China, McKinley and the other leaders responsible for the Boxer's defeat imposed legislation allowing suspected rebels to be executed without trial.