a past revisited 16 Flashcards
A _____society was eventually established which bore the imprint of the institutions, values, and outlook of the colonizing power.
quasi-American
The principal agent of Americanization was the _____, and the master stroke of educational policy was the adoption of ________.
public school system
English as the medium of instruction
from an instrument of pacification, _____ became an instrument of assimilation or Americanization.
colonial education
established a public school system with free public primary education and a normal school in Manila where Filipino teachers were to be trained to take over the educational duties of American military and civilian teachers.
Act no,74 (Educational act of 1901)
A _____ instituted in 1903 accelerated the production of Filipino transmission belts of colonial education.
pensionado program
The single, most far-reaching aspect of the educational program was the imposition of the ___
English language.
The ______ was conceived as the handmaiden of colonial policy.
Philippine educational system
The other principal objective of early American colonial administrators was the implementation of a ____ directed at the ____.
policy of attraction
elite of the country
employed middle-class Filipinos could be used as ____ to interpret American policy to the people and persuade the latter by example to accept American rule.
intermediaries
gave the Philippine Legislature general legislative powers, with limitations that all laws affecting immigration, currency, coinage or tariff and those pertaining to lands of public domain, timber, mining are subject to the approval of the President of the United States of America.
Jones Law of 1916
Main Goal: Immediate and absolute independence from the United States
Nacionalistas
Main Goal: Gradual independence, with cooperation and alignment with the United States
Progresistas
Main Goal:
incorporation of the country into the American Union.
Federalista
Of the eighty elected representatives during the election of 1907, fifty-nine were ____ and only sixteen were _____ with a handful coming from smaller parties.
Nacionalistas
Progresistas
the Federalistas reorganized themselves as the ______ with a platform calling for “eventual” independence after the Filipinos had demonstrated their
capacity for self-government.
Partido Nacional Progresista
Whatever position the Assembly took on the issue did not really matter as the establishment of free trade was an
_____ imperative.
imperialist
Introduced the first of a series of independence bills. This one
provided for independence by 1912. It failed to pass, but prospects of its being approved the following year seemed good.
Jones Bill
The _____ is worth examining as a reflection of Quezon’s real views. It provided for an almost completely autonomous govemment
McIntyre draft
In its preamble, the ____ promised independence as soon as a stable government had been established. But this preamble was merely an expression of Congressional desire and was not binding.
Jones Act
The Nationalista Party split into ___ led by Osmena and ___ led by Quezon
Unipersonalistas
Colectivistas
with the lead of Quezon, ____ advocated for a collective leadership
Colectivistas
He Reasserted U.S. control over the government
Governor General Leonard Wood
created by former Nacionalistas who became disillusioned with how the Nacionalista Party were dominating politics and using it for personal power.
Partido Democrata
Quezon’s famous slogan
“I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heavens by Americans.”
a compromise measure designed to forestall further congressional action on the Cooper Bill.
Fairfield bill of 1922
Gave the Filipinos a twenty-year
waiting period before the recognition of independence. However, the govemor-general would be a Filipino.
Fairfield bill of 1922
the senator of one state was given by his colleagues the decisive vote in the consideration of appointments in which he had particular interest.
courtesy of the state
The contained many objectionable features which insured that the Filipinos would be independent in name only. Among these features was a ten-year
transition period..
Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill
Recto, now Quezon’s lieutenant, excoriated on the Senate floor this “___,” as he called the Hare-Hawes-Cutting bill,
and analyzed its implications for the nation’s future.
edition de luxe of colonialism
practically a word-for-word copy of the
earlier bill(Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill) he had so roundly criticized.
Tydings-Mcduffie Act
became the first Filipino Governor General or the first President of the Commonwealth.
Manuel L. Quezon
The Philippine Commonwealth was inaugurated on November 15, 1935. The colony was in transition to becoming a ___
neo-colony.
