​The Following Were Arguments Made by Americans Opposed to the Annexation

question 64

Multiple Choice

​The following were arguments made by Americans opposed to the annexation of the Philippines by the U.S. government except

• A) ​annexation would dishonor and destroy American's historic Constitutional commitments to self-determination and anti-colonialism.
• B) ​the maintenance of despotism abroad could beget despotism at home.
• C) ​imperialism was very costly and unlikely ever to be profitable.
• D) ​annexation would have United States become mired and bogged down in the political and military morass of East Asia.
• E) ​Filipinos were intellectual, cultural, and political equals of Americans.