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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does MacArthur create much resentment?

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

3. What do Marcos' financial schemes bring in?

4. 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?

5. What type of defensive system does MacArthur envision?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ninoy Aquino spend most of the 1970s?

2. What is the result of Ninoy"s funeral?

3. What group forms in 1968?

4. Who rises to power during this time?

5. Describe Marcos as a leader.

6. What takes place when the Philippines officially become independent?

7. Describe MacArthur's fateful decision.

8. What is established for the Filipinos?

9. Who begins arriving in the Philippines in 1901? Why?

10. What do Osmena and Quezon form in 1907?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Marcoses dupe many people.

Part 1) Who are the Marcoses? How do they trick others?

Part 2) Why are they so successful at duping others?

Part 3) How does this trickery affect the Filpinos? How does their poor behavior affect them in the end? What message does this send to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

There is some foreshadowing enhance the story for the reader?

Part 1) Describe two examples of foreshadowing. What do these examples foreshadow?

Part 2) How does this foreshadowing enhance the story for the reader?

Part 3) How can leaders of today learn from these foreshadowed events?

Essay Topic 3

There are both isolationists and expansionists in the United States.

Part 1) What is an isolationist? What is an expansionist? Why were they at odds?

Part 2) How did both of these views affect the United States relationship with the Philippines?

Part 3) Would you consider the United States to be made mostly of isolationists, expansionists, or neither? Why?

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