American Anti-Imperialist League
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 President McKinley fires a cannon into an imperialism effigy in this cartoon by W.A. Rogers in Harper's Weekly of September 22, 1900 |
The American Anti-Imperialist League was an organization established in the United States on June 15, 1898, to battle the American annexation of the Philippines as an insular area. The anti-imperialists opposed the expansion because they believed imperialism violated the credo of republicanism, especially the need for "consent of the governed." They did not oppose expansion on commercial, constitutional, religious, or humanitarian grounds; rather they believed that annexation and administration of backward tropical areas would mean the abandonment of American ideals of self-government and non-interventionism—ideals expressed in the United States Declaration of Independence, George Washington's Farewell Address and Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The Anti-Imperialist League represented an older generation and were rooted in an earlier era; they were defeated in terms of public opinion, the 1900 election, and the actions of Congress and the President because most of the younger Progressives who were just coming to power supported imperialism.
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| Library of Congress webpage Library of Congress webpage www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/league.html - Web |
| The League's Platform The League's Platform www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1899antiimp.html - Web |
| Historical Documents pertaining to the Anti-Imperi... Historical Documents pertaining to the Anti-Imperialist League www.antiimperialist.com/webroot/1647.html - Web |
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