Chapter 6 Abinales and Amoroso Flashcards
The first governor-general
William Howard Taft
The successor of Taft
Luke E. Wright
First director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes
David Barrows
Politically ambitious men sought the backing of an American () who could shepherd a favored client into the Philippine Assembly and introduce him to politicians from other provinces and American officials in the capital
padrino (patron)
The central arena for locally based power
The Philippine Assembly
City Hall (Spanish)
ayuntamiento
This placed in the hands of the people of the Philippines as large a control of their domestic affairs as can be given them
Philippine Autonomy Act or Jones Law
This was created by Harrison to harmonize the executive and legislative departments.
Council of State
What bank was created by the Assembly to finance sugar production and exportation?
Philippine National Bank (PNB)
The Philippines’ first political technocrat
Sergio Osmena
the action of causing an activity or event to become political in character.
politicization
This approved the creation of a transitional, ten-year Commonwealth of the Philippines, with independence scheduled for 1946, and a constitutional convention to prepare for both.
Tydings-McDuffie Act / Philippine Independence Act
Benigno Ramos built up a network of supporters in Manila and nearby provinces through his newspaper ()
Sakdal (to accuse)
This program of Quezon would break up the landed estates and distribute them to cultivators, introduce social welfare measures such as the eight-hour working day and a minimum wage, expand the rights of workers and peasants, and their access to the courts, and create official resettlement programs to move families from densely populated areas to land-rich Mindanao.
Social Justice Program
By 1939, Filipinos comprised almost () percent of all professionals in Manila
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