GED Social Studies Quiz
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Source A: An excerpt from a late 19th-century advocate for American imperialism.
"The Anglo-Saxon race is divinely commissioned to be, in a peculiar sense, its brother's keeper. The great races are raising up the inferior races. It is the mission of the United States to bring the blessings of civilization, Christianity, and liberty to the less fortunate peoples of the world. By taking up colonies in places like the Philippines and Puerto Rico, we are not conquering, but liberating."
Source B: An excerpt from the platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League, 1899.
"We hold that the policy known as imperialism is hostile to liberty and tends toward militarism, an evil from which it has been our glory to be free. We regret that it has become necessary in the land of Washington and Lincoln to reaffirm that all men, of whatever race or color, are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We maintain that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. We insist that the subjugation of any people is 'criminal aggression' and open disloyalty to the distinctive principles of our Government."
How does the view of American expansion in Source B contrast with that in Source A?
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