6. Imperialism in Mexico, Yes or No?
• “… And I venture the opinion that during the last fifty years the
people of Mexico have made more progress under the stimulus of
independence and self-government than they would have made
under a carpet-bag government held in place by bayonets.”
- William Jennings Bryan, Indianapolis, August 8, 1900
• “I therefore come to ask your approval that I should use the armed
forces of the United States in such ways, and to such an extent, as
may be necessary to obtain from Gen. Huerta and his adherents the
fullest recognition of the rights and dignity of the United States”
—Woodrow Wilson, April 20, 1914, message to Congress
