After the Spanish-American War
Three effects, one sentence
- The American victory in the Spanish-American War led to the U.S. acquisition of island territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific, an increase in involvement in Asia, and the suppression of a nationalist movement in the Philippines.
- Three effects: territory, deeper involvement in Asia, and the suppression of a nationalist movement.
- The CED lists the third alongside the first two, which means it belongs in any answer about the war's effects.
Select all three effects the CED names.
The third belongs in any answer.
Why the Philippines matters to 7.2
- 7.2's anti-imperialists argued from self-determination — that ruling a people without consent contradicts American principles.
- A nationalist movement is precisely a people asserting self-determination, and the CED says it was suppressed.
- So the war supplied a test case for the debate almost immediately, and that connection is the strongest point available here.
The Philippine suppression is a test case for...
A nationalist movement is a people asserting self-determination.
Islands are also bases
- Island territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific sit on the routes to Latin American and Asian markets.
- 6.6 and 6.12 both recorded business and policymakers seeking influence in the Pacific Rim, Asia, and Latin America.
- So the acquisitions serve an economic strategy already stated, which explains the increase in involvement in Asia.
Territory, Asian involvement, or the Philippine suppression?
Sort each effect of the war.
Select both ocean regions where territories were acquired.
Both sit on routes to markets named in 6.6 and 6.12.
The CED lists the suppression alongside the acquisitions. The war led to island territories, increased involvement in Asia, and the suppression of a nationalist movement in the Philippines — that third effect belongs in any answer, and it is the test case for 7.2's self-determination argument.
Overseas island territories raise a constitutional question because...
The effects reach the constitutional order, not only the map.
A new kind of territory
- 3.7's Northwest Ordinance had provided a path by which territories became states.
- Island territories acquired overseas did not enter that path, which raises a question about what such a territory is.
- So the effects reach the constitutional order, not only the map — and that is worth one sentence in a strong answer.
Give each effect and one ____ of it — three pairs make a full answer.
The third pair separates an answer from a list of gains.
Explaining effects
- The objective is simply the effects of the Spanish-American War, and the CED gives three.
- Give each effect, then one consequence of it: territory → bases and routes; Asia → commercial and strategic commitment; suppression → the 7.2 debate tested.
- Three pairs, and the third pair is the one that separates a full answer from a list of gains.
A country that has just argued about whether it may govern people overseas acquires people overseas, and within months is putting down their demand to govern themselves. The debate did not end; it acquired a subject.
The American victory in the Spanish-American War led to the U.S. acquisition of island territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific, an increase in involvement in Asia, and the suppression of a nationalist movement in the Philippines. The islands sit on routes to the markets 6.6 and 6.12 named, and the suppression is the immediate test case for 7.2's self-determination argument.