Question

True or False: Both Imperialists and Anti-Imperialists had arguments centered around the issue of race that were used to either support or oppose American expansionism.


True


False

Answer 1

True.

Both sides used racial arguments: imperialists invoked Social Darwinism, Anglo‑Saxon superiority, and the “white man’s burden” to justify rule over non‑white peoples, while some anti‑imperialists opposed annexing racially different populations on grounds of protecting American racial hierarchy, social order, and self‑government.