Week 6: American Colonization

Question 1

This is the first form of government used by the Americans to rule the Philippines.

Answer 1

Military Rule

Question 2

This is the first and official clear response to the call for independence.

Answer 2

Jones Law of 1916

Question 3

This is the independence bill.

Answer 3

Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act

Question 4

This allowed the Philippines a ten-year transition under a Philippine Commonwealth in preparation for granting freedom.

Answer 4

Tydings-McDuffie Act

Question 5

Why did the Americans aim to colonize the Philippines?

Answer 5

1. They saw the country as a potential market for American products.
2. They also saw the Philippines as a new cheap source for raw materials.
3. The Philippines is strategically positioned to serve as its base to control the entire Pacific.

Question 6

American rule in the Philippines started with a military government under who?

Answer 6

Gen. Wesley Merritt (August 14, 1898)

Question 7

This provided the allocation for constructing public schools in the Philippines

Answer 7

The Gabaldon Act of 1907

Question 8

These were the first teachers for the Filipino people during the American regime.

Answer 8

The Thomasites

Question 9

These were young and intelligent Filipinos who were granted government scholarships.

Answer 9

The Pensionados

Question 10

He succeeded Gen. Merritt.

Answer 10

Gen. Elwell Otis

Question 11

He succeeded Gen. Otis.

Answer 11

Gen. Arthur MacArthur

Question 12

This is where the US military government conducted the first local election.

Answer 12

Baliuag, Bulacan

Question 13

When was the American civil government established?

Answer 13

July 4, 1901

Question 14

He was the first governor-general of the American civil government until 1901.

Answer 14

William Howard Taft