We hold that the policy known as imperialism is hostile to liberty and tends toward militarism, an evil from which it has been our glory to be free... We demand the
immediate cessation of the war against liberty, begun by Spain and continued by us.
We urge that Congress be promptly convened to announce to the Filipinos our
purpose to concede to them the independence for which they have so long fought
and which of right is theirs."
-Platform of the American Anti-imperialist League,
1899
This excerpt justifies the American Anti-Imperialist League's opposition to U. S. actions in the Philippines for what reason?
A)
Its alliance with Spain had drawn the U. S. into an unjust war.
B)
The motives for U. S. actions went against core American values.
The Philippines was an independent nation when the U. S. invaded.
D)
Congress had not given approval for military action as the Constitution
required