Questions on the video “Spanish-American War”-the Philippine Insurrection
1) Where was Spain’s army trapped by Aguinaldo’s Filipino forces? What help did Aguinaldo look to
from Admiral Dewey’s fleet? Why didn’t he receive it?
2) How did the U.S. military and press view the Filipinos?
3) What happened after the “Battle of Manila” to Aguinaldo’s hope to achieve immediate independence?
4) When and where did peace negotiations between Spain and the U.S. take place? Significantly who did
not attend this meeting? What areas did Spain give up as a result of the treaty negotiations?
5) What arguments in the U.S. Senate were made for and against the U.S. acquiring foreign colonies?
6) What event in the Philippines led to Senate ratification of the treaty that made the Philippines a colony?
7) How did the U.S. avoid an uprising in Cuba? By contrast why did Aguinaldo’s forces in the Philippines
continue with their insurrection?
8) Why did many American women oppose the colonization of the Philippines?
9) How did Aguinaldo respond to the increase in U.S. troops in 1899? In what way did the conflict
resemble conditions of the Vietnam War of the 1960s?
10) How many Americans and Filipinos had died in the conflict by 1900? When and how did the
insurrection end?
11) How did the U.S. attempt to “Americanize” the Philippines?