"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 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."
In the passage above, the time period to which the author refers was _______________________.

the Cold War

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the Imperialist Era

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the Great Depression

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World War I

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the Antebellum period

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The correct option is C the Imperialist Era
The imperialist era is the era in which Europeans started industrializing nations. They started engaging in the process of colonizing, influencing, and annexing other parts of the world. The statement was given by President William McKinley after annexing the Philippines.

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