ansionism, progress, mission, and racial inequality – as the majority of society so eventually he succumbed to the imperialist urge (McKinley). His statement explaining his attitudes towards the Philippines exemplifies the attitude held:“(1) That we could not give them back to Spain – that would be cowardly and dishonorable; (2) that we could not turn them over to France or Germany – that would be bad business; (3) that we could not leave them to themselves – they were unfit for self-government; (4) that there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them (Malcolm).”Theodore Roosevelt advocated imperialism in Latin America. He added the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine in order to legalize his interventions in the Caribbean and other Latin American countries (Brinkley 673). He intervened in several Latin American countries, including the Dominican Republic, under the auspices of the Roosevelt Corollary (Brinkley 673). Teddy Roosevelt and “The Big Stick” was a popular saying explaining his attitude in Latin America, as his means of acquiring the Panama Canal through forced revolution suggests (Brinkley 675).Although imperialism held the majority of popular support there was still a large anti-imperialist movement. Morrison I. Swift, a radical socialist, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers, who thought that imperialism would hurt the working class, and Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) were all among this movement (Healy 220). Unfortunately, the anti-imperialist movement was largely unsuccessful. This was partly due to the fact that imperialism was widely supported, but it was also due to the fact that was largely elitist and not oriented to the masses (Healy 222). They refused to join a political party on principle and were unsuccessful because of their elitist attitude (Healy 222).The rise of American ...
