Question

How did America acquire the Philippines?

Answer 1

it was the Philippine-American war in 1899-1902

Step-by-step explanation:

the reason it was acquired was from a war with Spain in 1898 but a fight broke out on February 4th 1899 and a three year war lasted and around 220,000 Filipino residents died

Answer 2

The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902. After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898 , Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. ... As many as 200,000 Filipino civilians died from violence, famine, and disease.