HIST-UA 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Emilio Aguinaldo, Platt Amendment, Samuel Gompers
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The anti-imperialist league was a group of powerful individuals. These men were wealthy and had various reasons for participating in the movement. Some of the men were andrew carnegie, samuel. The anti-imperialist league gained support from the states in the. Northeast, and it had a strong campaign to stop the paris treaty. Supporter of the league had different reasons to stop imperialism. Some of the anti-imperialists didn"t want other races to enter the united. States to ruin the american population, and other people felt that imperialism was hindering human freedom, an idea that america bolstered. Sugar growers, and farmers didn"t want excess competition with more people, and the conservatives thought a stronger army would be dangerous for the american liberties: platt amendment. The platt amendment of 1901 was an american way of pressuring the cubans to include america into the cuban constitution. During this time, america had control of the pacific islands through its navy.
