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What did McKinley choose to do with the Philippines?


Take control of the Philippines to educate and civilize them


Give them their independence


Give the islands back to Spain

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
He chose to take control of them — the U.S. annexed the Philippines (Treaty of Paris, 1898) with McKinley arguing the U.S. would “educate and civilize” them. The Philippines did not gain full independence until 1946.