Why did the united states become involved in the philippines’ affairs? to establish a democracy in preparation for independenceto fight the spanish-american warto create a base there during world war iito fight a dictatorship there?

to fight the spanish-american

Explanation:

The united states were involved in the Spanish-American war and they fought it in the phillipines from 1898, the hostilites started because back in Cuba where in havana harbor an american ship exploded and the americans started to help the Cuban independentists and gained power over the spanish territories on the caribbean, this lead to another war on the phillipines where it also gained control after defeating the spanish in the Phillipines and annexing it to the territory, this started the phillipine-american war that was fough from 1899-1902

warfare was the primary means of cultural transmission in both regions.