Philippine-American War

Question 1

Background on the Philippines

Answer 1

Also fighting Spain for independence and hoped US would free them

Question 2

What did US want

Answer 2

Believed Filipinos needed christianity and culture and they couldn’t govern themselves. Feared Europe would control the island. Also wanted Trade with china

Question 3

Open Door Policy

Answer 3

President McKinley said all countries (Even US) have a right to trade with China which meant every country entered their ports.

Question 4

How long was it

Answer 4

1899-1902

Question 5

War reasons

Answer 5

Filipinos fought for independence from America

Question 6

Who was Emilio Aguinaldo

Answer 6

Leader of the Philippines

Question 7

Why was it brutal

Answer 7

large casualties and tactics: US burned villages, concentration camps, torture guerilla fighters. Filipinos terrorized citizens

Question 8

What did the US (Domestically) think

Answer 8

People were against the war and annexation of the Phillipines; it violated the principles of the Declaration of Independence

Question 9

Outcomes

Answer 9

Philippine independence: 07/04/1946, Many Filipinos died of cholera, malaria and food shortages. US Senate conducted hearings on the war and its atrocities