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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Dependent Independence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A pre-CIA organization selects Ramon Magsaysay, who quickly rises through the Filipino legislative ranks. What does Magsaysay cunningly create where he gives rebels the option to surrender, but attacks mercilessly if they decline the offer?
(a) A "carrot and stick" approach.
(b) A useless threat.
(c) A typical ultimatum.
(d) A "tortoise and hare" approach.

2. Despite the shortcomings and unrealistic expectations, _______________ quickly becomes the most literate nation in southeast Asia.
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Fiji.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

3. How does MacArthur create much resentment?
(a) By having affairs with officers' wives.
(b) By pardoning many high level Filipinos who had collaborated with the Japanese.
(c) By ignoring the presidents communiques.
(d) By attacking Spain.

4. When do the Philippines become officially independent?
(a) July 14, 1946.
(b) July 4, 1936.
(c) July 14, 1936.
(d) July 4, 1946.

5. What are the Filipinos very good at mimicking?
(a) Their American captors.
(b) Customs on the surface.
(c) The American judicial system.
(d) American accents.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1909, there are ________________ elementary schools and four hundred thousand pupils in the Philippines.

2. Why does a rebellion in Cuba get much attention in the United States?

3. What does U.S. trade do to the gap between rich and poor?

4. The _____________ view surpasses the expansionism view for most of the remainder of the 1800s.

5. From what are U.S. citizens barred in the Philippines?

(see the answer key)

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