American Spirit summary 1: 28-F-1 pg. 174 This shows some of the tension which the American political system was under during the time period. It tells of the threat of anarchy in the United States under Bryan. This article explains how to many people the anarchists were a true threat, the government could have been drastically changed. In 1896, Bryan succeeded in convincing hundreds of thousands of people that the country was going to vote itself into anarchy. …showed first 75 words of 280 total…

…showed last 75 words of 280 total…realization that we couldn’t hand the Philippines over to anyone, especially back to Spain. We couldn’t cut them loose because they were not fit to govern themselves. The only option would be to seize full control over the Philippines and educate, civilize, and Christianize them. This shows the effects of how politics and ideals come into play when making decisions which could have huge impacts on our country and countries we interact with.