William McKinley: Difference between revisions

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* To make matters worse, although claiming to want independence for the Cuban people, after McKinley defeated the Spanish in Cuba, he essentially annexed it, leaving it under the control of the army instead of granting the independence he promised.

* After the successful takeover of Cuba, McKinley sent troops to Hawaii in order to assist in the overthrow of the Hawaiian government, allowing him to unlawfully annex Hawaii which, unlike Cuba, remains a US territory to this day.

* 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.

* McKinley's most infamous act is the invasion of the Philippines which, like Cuba, 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.

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 * To make matters worse, although claiming to want independence for the Cuban people, after McKinley defeated the Spanish in Cuba, he essentially annexed it, leaving it under the control of the army instead of granting the independence he promised.
 * After the successful takeover of Cuba, McKinley sent troops to Hawaii in order to assist in the overthrow of the Hawaiian government, allowing him to unlawfully annex Hawaii which, unlike Cuba, remains a US territory to this day.
-* 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.
+* McKinley's most infamous act is the invasion of the Philippines which, like Cuba, 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.
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