AP US History

Answer - C - After the defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Philippines fought the United States for independence, but became a colony of the United States.

Key Takeaway: Much of the fighting in the Spanish-American War of 1898 actually took place in the Philippines, a Spanish colony. Although many Filipino rebels fought alongside the American army during the Spanish-American War, when the Spanish surrendered the war after their defeat to Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders in Cuba, President McKinley claimed that the island nation was not ready for the responsibility of running their country themselves and took the Philippines as a colony of the United States. The country was not granted independence until 1946.