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The Philippine-American War

The Philippine-American War. The All-Important China Trade. Boxer Rebellion - 1900. John Hay - Open-Door Policy. The “New” White Man’s Burden. American Missionaries in China 1905. Filipino Independence?. Philippines purchased from Spain for $20 million as part of Treaty of Paris.

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The Philippine-American War

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  1. The Philippine-American War

  2. The All-Important China Trade Boxer Rebellion - 1900 John Hay - Open-Door Policy

  3. The “New” White Man’s Burden American Missionaries in China 1905

  4. Filipino Independence? Philippines purchased from Spain for $20 million as part of Treaty of Paris Emilio Aguinaldo William Howard Taft First Governor-General of the Philippines

  5. The Anti-War Protestors In 1899, the Anti-Imperialist League is Founded. Members include William Jennings Bryan, Mark Twain, and Andrew Carnegie.

  6. The Philippine-American War1899 - 1902 • U.S. refuses to recognize Filipino independence. • War Estimates • Filipino Forces = 100,000 men • U.S. Forces = 74,000 men • Filipino Goal • Inflict constant casualties on U.S. troops The Oregon Volunteer Infantry in 1899

  7. A New Emperor?

  8. Guerrilla War Phase 1900-1902 • Filipino Tactics • Low on ammunition, Aguinaldo abandons conventional warfare. • American Tactics • Take no prisoners • Burning villages • Concentration Camps Filipino dead in their trench

  9. The Water Cure A picture of a “water detail,” reportedly taken in May, 1901, in Sual, the Philippines. “It is a terrible torture,” one soldier wrote.

  10. Aguinaldo is Captured April 1, 1901 – Aguinaldo swears an oath of loyalty to the United States. “Let the stream of blood cease to flow; let there be an end to tears and desolation.” Fighting continues under Filipino General Miguel Malvar for one more year.

  11. Fighting an Insurgency1902 - 1913 The Moro Rebellion (1901-1913) after the conclusion of the Philippine-American War • The Moro peoples assumed that once the Philippines was liberated from the Spanish, they would be self-governing. They resisted the American takeover of the Philippines in 1899 • Conflict involved sporadic confrontations between the Muslim Filipinos (Moro) living in the southern part of the Philippines and Americans. A Filipino Bolo Knife

  12. Legacy of the Philippine-American War • Deaths • U.S. = 4,326 soldiers (mostly from disease) • Filipinos(?) = 34,000 soldiers; 200,000 civilians • Moro Indians (?) = 10,000 to 20,000 men • Philippines will remain an important naval base for U.S. through World War II • Philippines will gain independence on July 4, 1946.

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