LT 2 Lecture 9 Flashcards

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The inaugural session of the Philippine Constitutional Convention was held at the…

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Legislative building in Manila

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Oldest member of the philippine constitutional convention

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Teodoro Sandiko

  • former revolutionary general
  • 74 years old
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youngest member of phil constituional convention

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Wenceslao Vinzons

  • young lawyer and youth leader from camarines norte
  • 25 years old
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Who presided the Philipine consitutional convention?

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Claro M. Recto

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In framing the constitution, how many committees wre tasked to work on the organization and functions of the convention/ draft of the constitution??

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7 committees

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In framing the constitution, how many committees were asked to work on the terms of the constitution??

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40 Commitees

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How long did it take to have the constitution approved?

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6 months

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How much did the philippine constitutional convention cost the phil government?

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P 570,000

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9
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Who approved and signed the constitution?

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President Franklin Roosevelt

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After Pres roosevelt approved of the constitution, what happened next?

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it was ratified by the Filipino people (plebiscite)

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Who were the candidates for president of the commonwealth?

and who won?

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manuel quezon

emilio aguinaldo

gregorio aglipay

pasqual racuyal

QUEZON

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Who were the candidates for vice president in the first commonwealth elections?

and who won?

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sergio osmena

raymundo melliza

norberto nabong

sergio osmena

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13
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What was Commonwealth Act 1?

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National Defense

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Who was asked by quezon to serve as the Military Advisor of the Philippines following his retirement as the US army chief of staff?

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Gen. Douglas Mac Artthur

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Who assisted gen. mac arthur??

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Lt. Colonel Dwight Eisenhower

became Supreme Allied Commander in europe during WW2 and president of US

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Mac arthur was given the rank ______, who oversaw the development of the Philippine Constabulary

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Field Marshal

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Establshed in order to mediate in all conflicts between labor and capitol…

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Court of Industrial Relations

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Law that provides laborers with minimum wage of 1 peso wage a day

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Minimum Wage Act

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Law that allows workers to work for only 8 hours…

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Eight hour labor act

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Law that provides that the contract between tenants and landowners should be in writing so the former would not be deceived…

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Law that provides free legal assistance for the defense of the poor…

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The public defenders’ act

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What are the 2 reforms during the commonwealth in terms of labor and social justice?

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  1. labor
  2. tenancy
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Who became the first woman councilor of manila?

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Carmen Planas “Manila’s Darling”

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How many chartered cities were there at the beginning of the commonwealth?

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2- Manila and baguio

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What were the additional 9 cities that were newly charted during commonwealth?
1. cebu 2. iloilo 3. davao 4. zamboanga 5. bacolod 6. quezon city 7. tagaytay 8. cavite city 9. san pablo
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What were the 4 changes in education that took place during commonwealth?
1. it was filipinized 2. great emphasis on vocational training 3. stress given to character education 4. establishment of free and compulsory primary education
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What does Executive order no 217 tell us?
Filipino code of ethics (16 principles) must be taught MEMORIZE 16 PRINCIPLES
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Who was the head of the National Council of Education?
Rafael Palma
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Who was the head of the department of education?
VP osmena
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What were the 8 private universities during commonwealth?
1. UST 2. siliman university 3. national university 4. centro escolar university 5. university of manila 6. philippine women's university 7. far eastern university 8. adamson university
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What was created in order to study the problem of national language?
Institute of National Language (INL)
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Who presided INL?
Jaime C. de Veyra 1 tagalog 3 visayans 1 ilocano 1 bicol 1 muslim
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Why is filipino tagalog based?
1. widely spoken and is the most understood in all regions 2. not divided into smaller daughter languages (unlike visayan or bicol) 3. its literary tradition is the riches 4. more books are written in tagalog 5. tagalog has always been the language in manila 6. tagalog was the language of the 1896 revolution and the katipunan
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Which act was passed to solve "school crisis?"
The Educational Act of 1940
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Changes brought by Educational act of 1940 (4)
1. reduction of elementary courses from 7 to 6 years 2. adoption of a double single-session which a teacer is to teach 2 sets of pupils everyday 3. raising of the entrance age of pupils to over 7 but not over 9 years 4. fixing of the school year from July-April, instead of June-March
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What agricultural project was implimented to address landless families??
Homestead act -distribution of public land to encourage agricultural productivity
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The Tydings McDuffie Act became.....
**Tydings-Kochalkowski Act ** - Philippine economic readjustment act - removed the increase in tax
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What campaign boosted local trade?
"Made in the Philippines Products week"
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Which foreigners had majority of the control of domestic trade?
40% chinese 30% filipno 30% other nationalities
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What was the orignial name of Philippine aair lines?
Philippine Aerial Taxi Company
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What was created to study the economic phase of the Philippine-American relations?
Joint Preparatory committee on Philippine Affairs (JPCPA)
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What did the JPCPA report include?
1. Political independence is to be granted to the Philippines on July 4, 1946 as provided by Tydings mc duffie law 2. the philippine-american preferential trade relations and continued military and naval protection be extended until december 31, 1960
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3 points of ammendment to the constitution made by the nacionalista party:
1. tenure of office of pres and vp should be 4 years w/ re-election for another term 2. bi-cameral congress: senate elected and house of representatives 3. create commission on election-- 3 members to supervise elections
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