American Anti-Imperialist League

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_Anti-Imperialist_League

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1920
gptkbp:firstPresident	gptkb:George_S._Boutwell
gptkbp:founded	1898
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American Anti-Imperialist League
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:Andrew_Carnegie gptkb:Grover_Cleveland gptkb:Jane_Addams gptkb:Mark_Twain gptkb:William_James gptkb:Carl_Schurz gptkb:David_Starr_Jordan gptkb:Erving_Winslow gptkb:George_S._Boutwell gptkb:Samuel_Gompers
gptkbp:notableAction	legal challenges public meetings lobbying Congress publications and pamphlets
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt gptkb:President_William_McKinley
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:First_National_Anti-Imperialist_Conference,_1899 gptkb:Second_National_Anti-Imperialist_Conference,_1900 Decline after World War I Distribution of anti-imperialist literature Legal challenge to U.S. colonial policy Petition campaign against Philippine annexation Public protest meetings
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Platform_of_the_American_Anti-Imperialist_League Petition to Congress against annexation
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:“To_the_Person_Sitting_in_Darkness”_by_Mark_Twain
gptkbp:notableSupporter	gptkb:religious_organization labor unions progressive reformers African American leaders women's suffrage activists
gptkbp:opposed_event	Spanish–American War aftermath
gptkbp:opposed_policy	imperialism
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:The_Anti-Imperialist
gptkbp:purpose	opposition to American annexation of the Philippines
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Philippine–American_War gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1898)
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Anti-Imperialist_League_of_New_York gptkb:Chicago_Anti-Imperialist_League
gptkbp:slogan	“The Constitution follows the flag”
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Oswald_Garrison_Villard
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5