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Under William Mckinley the United States goes to war with Spain, takes over the Philippines
在麥肯利上臺后，美國發動了與西班牙的戰爭，接管了菲律賓
This political cartoon, is from the anti-imperialist
這是一幅反帝國主義者所作的政治漫畫
The white man's burden which was a Rudyard Kipling poem
白人的責任是作家基普林寫的詩
basically addressed to Mckinley urging him to take up the white man's burden
寫以敦促麥金利承擔起白人應付的責任
and colonize the Philippines and take it over with the United States did
那就是殖民和接管菲律賓人們
you can see Uncle Sam here and you can see the British and Germans and others riding on the back of the colonized subjects
這幅圖諷刺代表美國的山姆大叔，英國人，德國人等其他殖民者騎在被殖民人民的身上
some former Republican, liberals and mugwumps like Mark Twain were horrified by this
一些前共和黨人，自由主義者，穆格烏譜成員如馬克吐溫，都極為震驚
William Jennings Bryan equally horrified, he was an absolute anti-imperialist from the war go
布萊恩也對這種帝國主義的行為感到震驚，因為他是個絕對的反戰反帝主義者，
but overall it was a pretty popular, especially by the election of 1900
但總體而言這場美西之戰受到了人民歡迎，尤其是在1900年大選
The war with Spain was over, it didn't last long
這場短暫的戰爭就已經結束了
American public generally like fast victorious wars, Those tend to sell pretty well
美國民眾最喜歡這種快速取勝的戰爭，這種戰爭很合他們胃口
There was actually insurgences in the Philippines that went on for quite a while
菲律賓當地爆發過一些起義和反抗，并且持續了一段時間
which was as popular, but it didn't get that much attention
很多人參加到抗爭中來，但這種反抗沒有引起國際社會的關注
William Jennings Bryan again against William Mckinley
布萊恩又一次對決麥肯利
You can see though Bryan didn't even win his own state of Nebraska, He's losing his appeal
從圖中看到布萊恩連自己的家鄉內布拉斯加都沒拿下，他的主張已站不住腳
Economic times were good
經濟已經復蘇
The "full dinner pail" as William Mckinley called it
麥肯利將當時的經濟形容為“豐盛的晚餐”
and the country went pretty convincingly for this
人民也相信他能繼續推動這個發展勢頭
See of high tariff regime, many what was associated the time was prosperity
當時實行高關稅的政策，人們常認為這些政策為他們帶來了繁榮
