The United States should not have annexed the Philippines right after the Spanish american war. Right after we get out of a war we have another the Philippine- American war. United States assumed almost the same role that Spain had played, imposing its authority on a colony that was fighting for freedom. United states forced Filipinos to live in designated zones, where poor sanitation, starvation, and disease killed thousands. This was the same practice that Americans shamed Spain for using in Cuba. It took nearly 3 years to put down the rebellion and it costed $400 million and about a total of 24,000 died. The war was expensive and so was the Spanish american war. The cost of both wars combined was costly, also lots of people were lost, and