The controversial spanish-american and filipino-american wars launched the united states into the world of imperialism. after the spanish-american war, president william mckinley faced a difficult choice of whether to annex the philippines and take on the roles and responsibilities of an imperialist power or give it its independence. after great consternation, mckinley decided to annex the philippines, forever changing the role of the united states in the world. if you were in mckinley’s position, what would you have done? would you have annexed the philippines? why or why not? first, make a list of pro and con arguments about this question. you will use that list to support the decision you would make.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

abraham lincoln, according to anyone who was connected with agriculture, represented the worst of northern politicians. shortly after lincoln was elected, south carolina seceded from the union. they along with other southern states, retained their anger. in a way, it was their own fault: the democrats were split in the south. some wanted slavery to be extended in other states that were about to join the union and some didn't want it badly enough. lincoln had a solid backing from his party: the republicans were united in not wanting slavery to be expanded.

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