The Philippines became an American territory in April 1898
It was given it's Independence in July 4, 1946
They got money and minerals since they forced the american colonies to trade with only them and no one else
In the context of the Cold War, "containment" was a US strategy, wherein communism would be "contained" in the East. It didn't want communism to spread from the USSR to East European countries, China, Korea, and Vietnam. It was one of the most basic strategies in the Cold War.
