Comparing The Manifest Destiny And Imperialism

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The “Manifest Destiny” and Imperialism is the belief that we have the divine right to expand a country’s power, influence, and land. President McKinley and the U.S. acquired the Philippines by annexing it. Similarly, the way we acquired Hawaii.

The Philippines had been a Spanish colony, so during the Spanish-American war we took our fleet to the island of the Philippines where the American troops recruited Filipino rebels to fight alongside them where they helped capture the island of Luzon. The rebels declared independence from Spain. William McKinley, President of the United States. Wanted to Christianize and educate the Filipinos. He started off by trying to uplift and civilize. Eventually he told the Mapmakers to put the Philippines on