These worksheets help students follow along with the documentary Savage Acts: Wars, Fairs, and Empire 1898-1904. The worksheets are used in the activity "Active Viewing of Savage Acts."

This short excerpt is from ASHP/CML's 30-minute documentary Savage Acts: Wars, Fairs, and Empire 1898-1904. Savage Acts links the pageantry of world's fairs to the story of the Philippine War, America’s first attempt to claim an overseas colony…

William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic party candidate for President in 1900. He opposed U.S. expansion into the Philippines and often criticized U.S. imperialism in his speeches during and after the 1900 campaign.