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1. Many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines. How does Document A provide evidence of this? (Hint: What does this excerpt chronicle and/or what does the specific source type tell you about this opposition?) 2. How does Document B also provide evidence that many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines?

1. Many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines. How does Document A provide evidence of this? (Hint: What does this excerpt chronicle and/or what does the specific source type tell you about this opposition?) 2. How does Document B also provide evidence that many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines?

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1. Many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines. How does Document A provide evidence of this? (Hint: What does this excerpt chronicle and/or what does the specific source type tell you about this opposition?)

2. How does Document B also provide evidence that many Americans opposed the war in the Philippines? 

Document 'A': Testimony of Corporal Richard O'Brien given in 1902 before U.S. Senate investigating war crimes Senator CARMACK. The orders were given to fire. Go ahead and tell the whole story. The WITNESS. After that two old men came out, hand in hand. I should think they were over 50 years old, probably between 50 and 70 years old. They had a white flag, They were shot down. At the other end of the town we heard screams, and there was a woman there; she was burned up, and in her arms was a baby, and on the floor was another child. The baby was at her breast, the one in her arms, and this child on the floor was, I should judge, about 3 years of age. They were burned. Whether she was demoralized or driven insane I don't know. She stayed in the house.
Transcribed Image Text:Document 'A': Testimony of Corporal Richard O'Brien given in 1902 before U.S. Senate investigating war crimes Senator CARMACK. The orders were given to fire. Go ahead and tell the whole story. The WITNESS. After that two old men came out, hand in hand. I should think they were over 50 years old, probably between 50 and 70 years old. They had a white flag, They were shot down. At the other end of the town we heard screams, and there was a woman there; she was burned up, and in her arms was a baby, and on the floor was another child. The baby was at her breast, the one in her arms, and this child on the floor was, I should judge, about 3 years of age. They were burned. Whether she was demoralized or driven insane I don't know. She stayed in the house.
Document 'B': Excerpt from a letter written to the Kansas City Journal in 1899 by Colonel Frederick Funston View the original excerpt in Kansas City Journal here . Located at the bottom of column 3, "Interesting Letter from Colonel Funston" "I am afraid that some people at home will lie awake nights worrying about the ethics of this war, thinking that our enemy is fighting for the right of self-government, etc. The word 'independence' which these people roll over their tongues so glibly is to them a word and not much more. 1 "It means simply with them license to raise hell and if they got control they 1 I would raise a fine crop of it. It is true! that they have a certain number of edu- cated leaders-educated, however, about the same way a parrot is. "They are, as a rule, an illiterate, semi- savage people, who are waging war not! against tyranny, but against Anglo-Saxon order and decency. Their whole conduct during the several months preceding the outbreak was one of insufferable arrogance and egotism. They were swollen up by the fact that our people made too much of them at first. I, for one, hope that Uncle Sam will apply the chastening rod good, hard and plenty, and lay it on until they come in to the reservation and prom- ise to be good 'Injuns.'"
Transcribed Image Text:Document 'B': Excerpt from a letter written to the Kansas City Journal in 1899 by Colonel Frederick Funston View the original excerpt in Kansas City Journal here . Located at the bottom of column 3, "Interesting Letter from Colonel Funston" "I am afraid that some people at home will lie awake nights worrying about the ethics of this war, thinking that our enemy is fighting for the right of self-government, etc. The word 'independence' which these people roll over their tongues so glibly is to them a word and not much more. 1 "It means simply with them license to raise hell and if they got control they 1 I would raise a fine crop of it. It is true! that they have a certain number of edu- cated leaders-educated, however, about the same way a parrot is. "They are, as a rule, an illiterate, semi- savage people, who are waging war not! against tyranny, but against Anglo-Saxon order and decency. Their whole conduct during the several months preceding the outbreak was one of insufferable arrogance and egotism. They were swollen up by the fact that our people made too much of them at first. I, for one, hope that Uncle Sam will apply the chastening rod good, hard and plenty, and lay it on until they come in to the reservation and prom- ise to be good 'Injuns.'"
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