How did America acquire the Philippines?

it was the Philippine-American war in 1899-1902

Explanation:

the reason it was acquired was from a war with Spain in 1898 but a fight broke out on February 4th 1899 and a three year war lasted and around 220,000 Filipino residents died

The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902. After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris ... As many as 200,000 Filipino civilians died from violence, famine, and disease.