How did the American colonial government deal tactically with the Moro-problem in Mindanao?
The Americans tried the “carrot-and-stick” approach to pacify the Moros of Mindanao. The “carrot” consisted of their providing educational opportunities for the Moros and putting up developmental programs and projects particularly in the Mindanao provinces where the Moros predominated. For example, during the American occupation, Dansalan in Marawi was a thriving modern community. The “stick” consisted of government armed responses to Moro “disturbances” in Mindanao. 19. What was the Moro reaction to the American strategic and tactical policy towards them? Many Moros took advantage of the “carrot” offered by the Americans. For instance, many Moro students availed of the educational opportunities that the American colonial government offered. Despite the benign face showed to them by the American colonial government, the Moros of Mindanao, however, did not completely submit to the colonizer’s policy. They rose up in arms time and again against the colonial government, surprising America
