During the 1800s‚ industries were growing rapidly‚ and there wasn’t much land left in the United States to conquer‚ so the United States began looking beyond its borders for new places to control. As a result‚ on February 6th‚ 1899‚ after learning that the Treaty of Paris was ratified‚ the United States annexed the Philippines. At this moment‚ the arguments for annexing the Philippines were that they were unfit for self-government and that if the United States hadn’t annexed‚ somebody else would
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Assignment 1 – P2 Describe the origin of Public Health in the UK from the 19th Century to the present day. 1 . The significant Public Health advances in the 19th Century (1848) The First public health act Edwin Chadwick was a very effective campaigner on many different health issues; a few of these things were; working conditions‚ poor sanitation and poor housing. Chadwick was also known as one of the founder fathers of public health also as the sanitary movement. His report was associated with
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Philippines. Some believed that the Philippines rightfully belonged to the U.S. so therefore the U.S. should retain the colony and govern it however they wish (42). One man who felt this way was Albert J. Beveridge‚ a U.S. Senator that opposed the anti-imperialist movement (42). Senator Beveridge sided with the imperialistic ideals that believed the U.S. had the right to control the Philippines as they pleased (42). On the opposing side of this argument were people like Joseph Henry Crooker‚ a religious
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critic and author of Imperialism‚ Rudyard Kipling‚ and Indian born newspaper correspondent‚ poet‚ and author of The White Man’s Burden‚ Frederick Lugard‚ a British soldier‚ imperial administrator‚ and author of The Scramble for Africa‚ and Albert Beveridge‚ an American historian‚ representative‚ and author of Defense of Imperialism. These men had differing opinions of the goings-on
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excellent point‚ “That we could not leave them [Philippines] to themselves- they were unfit for self-governing- and they would soon have anarchy and misrule…” (Document C). The Philippines would have messed up if they would govern themselves. Albert J. Beveridge says‚ “The rule that all just government applies only to those who are capable of self-government‚” (Document B). The Filipinos need the United States to help govern them. Both those men were right‚ the Filipinos were not ready. Another reason
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As America imperialized at the turn of the 20th Century‚ America gained a lot of new land and enemies. Imperialism had both some bad and good traits. For the most part‚ it was immoral and cruel to many people‚ but imperialism helped us become the country we are today. Around 1900‚ imperialism became the most talked about issue within the United States. After the Spanish-American war ended and the U.S. gained many Pacific islands as a result‚ most Americans became concerned over whether to annex
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Social Democracy Essay Essay title: Analyse the influence of social democracy or conservatism on the nature of welfare state(s) development during the 20th century. Assess its current influence on welfare discourse with reference to relevant examples. Social Policy Essay – Social Democracy Social Democracy emerged from socialism in the 19th century; its aim was to combat individualism and later on critique capitalism. Social democrats are sometimes compared to liberalists as they emphasise individual
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increasing competition between their global adversaries and itself was steadily increasing‚ and due to the fact that the US was on the edge of world power had something to prove that they were a nation with which to be reckoned. Additionally‚ as Albert Beveridge state in the march of the flag‚ “... it is ours to set the world its example of power… it is ours to execute a fate that is greater than our small intentions” (pg 4). It was also due to the rapid growth of industrialisation and a want to have a greater
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Want The existence of want or poverty was the main reason for Beveridge’s initial investigating. Legislative measures to tackle problem: • Family allowances act 1945 (introduced an allowance for all children under 16‚ except for the first born child.) • National insurance act 1946 (introduced a new insurance scheme that would provide those who contributed to it with a range of benefits including amongst others unemployment benefit‚ sickness benefit‚ maternity benefit‚ retirement benefit and
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mission to uplift "inferior" races. This resonates with Hoganson’s discussion of imperialists viewing themselves as masculine civilizers and helps within the cultural narrative of the U.S. "manfully" taking on the responsibility to govern others (Beveridge‚ 1900). In his speech‚ Roosevelt combines economic and cultural arguments in emphasizing both the material benefits of developing the Philippines and bringing American industries to the islands while underlining the moral duty to raise the Filipinos
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