AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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Liberty and Justice for All
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The Great Leap Forward
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The White Man’s Burden
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The War on Poverty
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is called “The White Man’s Burden."
Detailed explanation-2: -a phrase that was used mainly in the 19th century to express the idea, now considered offensive, that European countries had a duty to control countries and organizations in parts of the world with less money, education or technology than Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, Kipling’s poem ‘’The White Man’s Burden, ” written in 1899, was addressed not to the British but to the Americans, who were then, under President McKinley, beginning their own process of colonizing the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, about the Philippine–American War (1899–1902), that exhorts the United States to assume colonial control of the Filipino people and their country.