The Annexation of the Philippines

A political cartoon analysis

DO NOT COPY• Topic: The Annexation of the Philippines

• Objective: Students will be able to analyze the reasons that support and oppose US annexation of the Philippines

• Do Now: “No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. When the white man governs himself, that is self government, when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government – that is despotism (rule by a tyrant).” – Abraham Lincoln…Thoughts?

• HW: (1) Finish class activity (2) Read and outline Ch. 10, Sect. 3

Brief review of events• The US went to war with Spain in Cuba.• US also sent ships to the Philippines and

destroyed the Spanish fleet there.• After the US won in Cuba, they bought the

Philippines for $20 million.• Instead of supporting Aguinaldo and

Philippine Independence, they decided to annex the Philippines which led to a long war.

EXAMPLE: Judge, 1899

Judge, 1899

Life, 1900

Puck, 1899

The World, 1898

Review

• How is America depicted differently by advocates and critics of American expansion?

• What do these cartoons tell you about America in the 1890s?

• Do you see images like this today? Why or why not?