White Man's Burden

According to Kipling's poem, what was the "White Man's Burden"? What reward did Kipling suggest the "White Man" gets for carrying this "burden"? What does The Poor Man's Burden and The Black Man's Burden imply about war and imperialism? What is the relationship between the "burdens" and US imperialistic endeavors from roughly 1880-1915? How and why did the US become involved in the Philippines? Should the US have gotten involved? How did the American public react to US involvement in the Philippines? How does the conflict in the Philippines compare to other American military endeavors?

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