History of the United States II / Unit 7 USH2 0919 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Philippine-American War
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The idea
Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed Philippine independence on June twelfth, eighteen ninety-eight, and Filipino rebels under his leadership fought American forces for three years.
In practice
More than four thousand American and twenty thousand Filipino combatants killed, the anchor says.
Where people slip
The Yawp dates the war from eighteen ninety-eight to nineteen oh two. Neither witness gives a count of the dead.
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