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QuizMultiple Choice

Imperialism and the Spanish-American War

Question 5 • AZ-US/AZ History A (SS301)

Read the quote by President William McKinley in which he defends American expansion.We could not leave them to themselves—they were unfit for self-government—and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was . . . there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them.

Answer
A
The people wished to become Christians.
B
The people were uncivilized and unable to govern themselves properly.
C
The people wrongly believed that the Spanish were good rulers.
D
There was nothing left in the country now that the Spanish were gone.
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