Question

what policies does schurz suggest the united states could have followed instead of annexing the philippines and going to war with the filipino guerrillas

Answer 1

1. The United States was hoping to add a naval base in Hawaii and wanted to benefit from the wealth of the sugar industry.
•2. He convened the conference to try to reduce customs tariffs among American nations, which would steer countries away from European products.


Lesson 2
•1. The United States was hoping to add a naval base in Hawaii and wanted to benefit from the wealth of the sugar industry.
•2. He convened the conference to try to reduce customs tariffs among American nations, which would steer countries away from European products.


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Lesson 3
•5. A canal would save time and money in commercial and military shipping. Panama was chosen over Nicaragua because a French company sold its rights and property in Panama. Roosevelt sent ships to Panama and recognized that nation’s independence fro

Answer 2

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Schurz suggested the United States could have followed other options instead of annexing the Philippines and going to war with the Filipino guerrillas. These options were the following.

Carl Schurz (1829-1906) born in Germany and moved to the United States in 1849. He was a journalist and politician that supported reformation in America. He co-founded the Liberal Republican Party and expressed his opposition to American Imperialism in the Philippines. Indeed, he was an anti-imperialist. So Schurz suggested that the US should respect the American democratic principles and stayed away from the Philippines. He did not want this territory to be part of the US because it could have been accepted as states, and he did not want these people to be part of the country. He suggested in his address: "American Imperialism: an Address Opposing Annexation of the Philippines," on January 5, 1899, that the US better establish peace in the region, helping it to be an ally that benefited the US through trade.