USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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What tactic did Filipino insurgents use to undermine American power?

(A) self-rule

(B) concentration camps

(C) ** guerilla warfare

(D) insurgency

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -There the rebels’ tactic of burning pacified villages contributed to their own defeat. Although an unconnected insurgency campaign by Moro bands on Mindanao continued sporadically until 1913, the United States had gained undisputed control of the Philippines, and it retained possession of the islands until 1946.

Concept note-2: -The Philippine Campaign was the first conflict the United States engaged in that consisted of an asymmetrical enemy. Guerilla warfare tactics were used by the insurgents.

Concept note-3: -There were two phases to the Philippine-American War. The first phase, from February to November of 1899, was dominated by Aguinaldo’s ill-fated attempts to fight a conventional war against the better-trained and equipped American troops. The second phase was marked by the Filipinos’ shift to guerrilla-style warfare.

Concept note-4: -the United States could not annex Cuba. What tactic did Filipino insurgents use to undermine American power? wanted to keep trade in China open.

Concept note-5: -Guerrilla warfare in Central Luzon from 1942 to 1945 was extremely limited by available resources and manpower, especially following the mass surrender of U.S. troops in the Philippines to Imperial Japan during the surrender at Bataan on April 9th, 1942.