57:25 According to McKinley, why was American imperialism
necessary in the Philippines?
Read the quote by President William McKinley in which
he defends American expansion
We could not leave them to themselves—they were
unfit for self-government and they would soon have
anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was
there was nothing left for us to do but to take them
all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize
and Christianize them
The people wished to become Christians
The people were uncivilized and unable to govern
themselves properly
olythe people wrongly believed that the Spanish were
good rulers
There was nothing left in the country now that the
Spanish were gone