What happened in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?
A) Filipino resistance fighters fought a protracted and bloody guerrilla war against United States rule.
B) American agricultural producers, hoping to establish a tariff against Filipino products, engineered quick independence for the former Spanish colony.
C) Filipino patriots petitioned the United States Congress for annexation and statehood.
D) The United States imposed military rule and announced that self-government could not be granted until the Philippines had achieved economic self-sufficiency.
E) Civil war erupted between nationalist paramilitary groups and Spanish landowners.
A
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