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+Social Darwinism is the belief in the society in which wealthy individuals have control over others. In imperialism, the concept of Social Darwinism is representing in the action of taking over small and weak countries by large and powerful ones.
+Queen Liliuokalani is once a queen of Hawaii. She abolished the constitution which limited the power of Hawaii made by the white minority and regain the political power of her nation.
+The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American war. Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba are longer belonged to Spain but U.S instead. Spain also sold Philipines to the U.S.
+The fighting strategy which was mainly rely on surprising attack using a small number of soldiers. This strategy was once used by the Philippines in the Spanish-American war.
+Foraker Act is the act which establish a government in
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Similarly, the Open Door Policy helped the U.S to also gain a new market in China. However, both of them were achieved not by negotiating but by threatening using violence. In China case, the U.S did not even negotiate.
+ The Yellow Press intensified the public opinion on Spain. It contributed to the starting of Spanish-American War.
+ Imperialists see taking possession of Philippines as a right and good thing to do. One the other hand, anti-imperialists believe that Philippines should have their own government.
+ The higher the tension between the U.S and Japan, the more the U.S spends on its navy strength.
+ The U.S goal was to have access to Chinese markets. However, since there are lots of European countries there already, Hay did not accept to establish U.S market in China due to the fear of having conflict with other European nations.
+ He may accept is since it is right and just for the Panamanian to have their liberty. However, he may not agree with the fact that the U.S was using big warships to threaten the Columbians. Wilson was in favor of moral diplomacy not

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