Question

Which belief did the United States use to justify its takeover of the Philippines?

Answer 1

The United States took control of the Philippines from Spain. Which belief did many Americans use to justify the U.S. take over of the Philippines? It was their duty to civilize the Filipinos.

Answer 2

It was their duty to civilize the Filipinos.

Step-by-step explanation:

Manifest Destiny was a belief that endured in the 19th century that the US was destined to expand across North America and other places.

Manifest Destiny influenced the Spanish-American War and the takeover of the Philippines, despite the fact that the original intention of the Manifest, imperialism took over and changed those principles.

William Howard Taft created the term “little brown brother” in order to make the US seem less of a threat and assert that the US job in the Philippines was to help them become a civilized and upright nation.