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The Philippine-American War Mr. Bach Hudson High School Accelerated U.S. History Slide 2 The All-Important China Trade John Hay - Open- Door Policy Boxer Rebellion - 1900 Slide 3 The New White Mans Burden American Missionaries in China 1905 Slide 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 Slide 5 A New Emperor? Slide 6 The Philippine-American War 1899 - 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 U.S. people elect anti- Imperialist William Jennings Bryan over Imperialist William McKinley in 1900. The Oregon Volunteer Infantry in 1899 Slide 7 Guerrilla War Phase 1900- 1902 Low on ammunition, Aguinaldo abandons conventional warfare. American tactics Take no prisoners Burning villages Concentration Camps Filipino dead in their trench Slide 8 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. Slide 9 The Anti-War Protestors In 1899, the Anti-Imperialist League is Founded. Members include William Jennings Bryan, Mark Twain, and Andrew Carnegie. Slide 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 until Filipino General Miguel Malvar for one more year. Slide 11 Fighting an Insurgency 1902 - 1913 Moro Indians (Muslim Filipinos) continue to fight for approximately 10 more years American generals use Muslim religious beliefs to their advantage A Filipino Bolo Knife Slide 12 A Gun with More Stopping Power John M. Brownings Masterpiece -.45 caliber m1911 Semi-Automatic The sidearm of WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam Slide 13 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. Slide 14 Iraq War Debate Question: Is the U.S. following a policy of American imperialism in Iraq today? Decide on a group List your arguments Remember the better the evidence, the better the argument Slide 15 Policy Construction What should be the U.S. policy regarding the use of torture in the War on Terror?