A continuing Past 1 Flashcards
By 1907, their leader, a foreman named Kyosaburo S. Ohta, had formed the ____. An agricultural corporation, it leased public lands which it devoted principally to hemp.
Ohta Development Company
Hemp prices rose during World War I and Japanese investments poured into ____. Japanese corporations bought American landholdings.
Davao
By 1935, the Japanese accounted for
80 percent of the ___ production of Davao which was 48 percent of the country’s total production?
abaca
This law limited Japanese entry to 500 a year
Philippine Immigration Law
Associations were formed to disseminate Japanese culture and teach the Japanese language to Filipinos. In 1941, Japanese corporations even financed a newspaper of their own, the ____
Davao Nichi Nichi
Radio program sponsored by the Japanese
Land of Cherry Blossom
A deep colonial consciousness had produced in the ordinary Filipino this childlike reliance on the United States as his invincible protector, On the eve of war, the symbol of this invincibility for the man on the street was ___
General Douglas MacArthur
Throughout the Japanese occupation ____ became for most Filipinos a symbol Of hope, the awaited demi-god whose decisions, when he did return, vitally affected the nation.
General Douglas MacArthur
Commanding general of the U.S. armed forces in the Philippines
General Arthur MacArthur
the __ and __accepted Japan’s paramount interest in Korea and Southern Manchuria in exchange for recognition of American supremacy in the Philippines.
Taft-Katsura agreement of 1905 and the Root-Takahira agreement of 1908
As early as 1905, the United States already feared that Japan might eventually seize the Philippines.
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In -1925, contingency plans for a war between the United States and Japan (code-named ____) envisioned only
the defense of Manila Bay and the tiny island of Corregidor for six months until the garrison could be reinforced or relieved.
War Plan Orange
MacArthur received the new war plan, ___. He noted with chagrin that it contemplated a defense of only the entrances to Manila and Subic bays, no reinforcements were to be sent, and consequent loss of the Philippines
was implied, in which he then protested against.
Rainbow-5