Question

6) Analysis: How do you think Marti would have responded to this

quote?
"Our American economy has grown leaps and bounds in the recent past, maintaining the growth is our
utmost concern. In the interests of our commerce... we should build the Nicaragua canal, and for the
protection of that canal and for the sake of our commercial supremacy in the Pacific we should control the
Hawaiian islands and maintain our influence in Samoa. and when the Nicaraguan canal is built, the island
of Cuba... will become necessity.... The great nations are rapidly absorbing for their future expansion
and their present defense all the waste places of the earth. It is a movement which makes for civilization and
the advancement of the race. As one of the great nations of the world the United States must not fall out of
the line of march

Answer 1

Assuming we mean Jose Marti...

Marti's known opinions and principles suggest that he would have been opposed to the concept of American expansionism and imperialism.

Marti was a staunch supporter of Cuban independence and self-determination, and he felt that all nations should have the right to rule themselves free of external intervention. He was also a supporter of democracy and human rights, claiming that imperialism and colonialism were inherently incompatible with these ideals.

Considering these sentiments, Marti is likely to have resisted any US efforts to govern the Hawaiian islands or preserve its influence in Samoa. He may have also been sceptical of the notion of constructing the Nicaragua canal if it was viewed as a tool of increasing US influence or control over other nations.

Finally, Marti regarded Cuban independence as part of a larger battle for freedom and democracy throughout the Americas. He thought that all nations should be free to pursue their own destinies without outside influence or dominance. As such, he would almost certainly have been critical of any US acts that he perceived as violating these ideals.