1. Modal States

Question 1

Philippines…POLITICAL: State 5 facts regarding Roxas

Answer 1

1st President of the Philippines

Wouldn’t have been elected without the USA

Only won 54% of the vote

He was undemocratic….removed 11 opponents

…6 of whom were Huks

Question 2

Philippines…ECONOMIC: what was the Bell Trade Act and list 3 things it resulted in in the Philippines.

Answer 2

Bell Trade Act = only USA goods

Quotas on Filipino products

No foreign imports other than US products

No products that competed with the USA were allowed.

Question 3

Philippines…SOCIAL: what did Roosevely promise for Filipinos and what did they actually get?

Answer 3

Roosevelt promised independence by 1946

US Congress actually halted Filipino migration to the USA.

Question 4

Philippines…MILITARY: why was the Philippines the most successful militarily regarding the USA’s aims?

Answer 4

Roxas gave the USA military bases

Question 5

Philippines…MILITARY: what was the Huk rebellion? Explain in 5 points.

Answer 5

Sept 1944

10,000 Huks vs Japanese

Japan lost

US ordered violent Huk surrender

1946 Huks rebelled…defeated 1950

Question 6

Philippines…MILITARY: why were the Huks defeated in 1950? 2 main reasons

Answer 6

1. Not enough people or supplies
2. Ramon Magsaysay = Secretary of Defense
   …he got US to increase money
   …decreased violence
   …won popularity with peasantry

Question 7

Japan…POLITICAL: who was ruling Japan before MacArthur? And what type of ruler were they?

Answer 7

Hirohito

Seen like a God

Dictatorship

Constitutional Monarchy = king buf no power

Question 8

Japan…POLITICAL: what changes did MacArthur’s Constitution make to Japan?

Answer 8

1st votes April 1946
…14 million women turned up
…40 women now in Government

Question 9

Japan…ECONOMIC: what type of companies expanded due to the US arrival? An example?

Answer 9

Zaibatsu companies
…industrial companies
E.g. Mitsubishi

Question 10

Japan…ECONOMIC: how did the USA improve Japan’s economy?

Answer 10

Increased exports

1947: $174 million
1950: $827 million

Question 11

Japan…SOCIAL: how did the Constitution help women in Japan?

Answer 11

Could vote

Needed consent from both sexes for marriage

Question 12

Japan…SOCIAL: what did the USA do to Japan regarding its social behaviours?

Answer 12

Japanese took interest in American culture

…Films
…Music
…Fashion
…Sport

Question 13

Japan…MILITARY: why did the US meet its aims in Japan? 2 reasons

Answer 13

Military base provided at Okinawa

Pacifist Clause = Japan didnt have a big army
= not a military threat