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Question

1. The US occupied the Philippines in the context of:

A. World War I
B. the Spanish-American War
C. World War lI

2. The Katipunan movement was organized in the Philippines by which of the following:

A. Andrés Bonifacio
B. Emilio Aguinaldo
C. Simon Bolivar

3. As a form of resistance to US occupation, after 1901 many Philippines resorted to:

A. passive resistance
B. electoral participation to take over government
C. guerrilla warfare

4. After its formal independence, the Philippines:

A. became a fully democratic country
B. became a fully sovereign nation
C. continued under the influence of the United States

5. All of the following benefited the US economic domination in the Philippines, except.

A. the declaration of the Republic of the Philippines
B. the reorganization of public education to improve work skills
C. the development of the agricultural sector of the economy

6. The following leader was elected president of the Philippines in 1965:

A. Jose Marti
B. Albizu Campos
C. Ferdinand Marcos

7. Which of the following events contributed to the fall of Ferdinand Marcos:

A. the formation of the Katipunan Movement
B. the introduction of democratic reforms
C C. the assassination of Senator Benigno Aquino

8. The People's Revolution in the Philippines, led by Corazon Aquino, gave way to:

A. a democratic government
B. a military dictatorship
C. the Marco's dictatorship

9. The US government provided a price subsidy to the production of sugar tot

A. protect American producers in Hawaii
B. protect Spaniards and Cuban producers
C. protect American producers in the United States

10. All of the following are true about queen Lilituakalani, except:

A she was an acclaimed musician
B. she was against the independence of Hawaii
C. she faced an attempt by the Annexation Club to overthrow her

11. Which of the following became President when the Philippines declared its independence from Spain:

A. Emilio Aginaldo
B. Corazón Aquino
C. André Bonifacio

12. Hawaiians resisted US occupation by:

A. organizing a Home Rule Party
B. waging revolutionary guerrilla warfare
C. organizing the Grand Mahele or distribution of land

13. For the United States, internal migration was a way of acquiring.

A. military bases
B. skill labor
C. cheap labor

14. All of the following statements are true, except:

A. Japan occupied Hawaii after WWII
B. Japan occupied the Philippines in the context of WWII
C. the Philippines resisted the Japanese occupation

15. Most colonies in the Third World became independence after

A. the Spanish-American War
B. World War I
C. World War Il

16. The Platt Amendment was imposed on the constitution of the following country:

A. Panama
B. Cuba
C. Dominican Republic

17. The following was one of the provisions of the Platt Amendment:

A. annexation of Cuba as a Free Associated State
B. the construction of the Panama Canal by the US
C. the right of the US to intervene in Cuba's affairs

18. Puerto Rico was occupied by the United States in the context of:

A. the American Revolution against the British Empire B. the Spanish American War of 1898
C. WWII

19. The Amglo solution to Puerto Rico's misery after the San Siriaco hurricane in 1899 was:

A. to introduce "Operation Bootstrap"
B. to stimulate the development of agribusiness plantations
C. to stimulate the development of manufacture

20. Following the US invasion, which of the following contributed to make Puerto Rico the "poorest port"?

A. people's resistance to the invasion
B. the abolition of the Autonomous Council O
C. the devaluation of Puerto Rican money

21. The aim of the Foraker Act was:

A. to make Puerto Rico a free country
B. to unite Cuba and Puerto Rico
C. to allow economic and political control of Puerto Rico by the US

22. All of the following apply to Luis Muñoz Marin, except:

A. he was against the Commonwealth status
B. he was against the independence of Puerto Rico
C. he was in favor of the Commonwealth status

23. The transition from a labor-Intensive to a capital-intensive economy contributed to the increase in Puerto Rican migration to the US by:

A. developing the manufacturing sector of the economy
B. increasing the productive capacity of agriculture
C. increasing unemployment

24. All of the following attracted US corporations to Puerto Rico, except:

A. cheap labor
B. a powerful independence movement.
C. lenient environmental laws

25. The following political party aims to gain independence for Puerto Rico:

A. the Nationalist Party
B. the pro-statehood Party
C. the Popular Democratic Party

26. One of the following statements is not true about Albizu Campos:

A. he is the symbol of Puerto Rican struggle for independence
B. he was in favor of the Free Associated State of Puerto Rico
C. he was tortured while incarcerated in US prisons

27. The role of the Development Bank in the industrialization program was to:

A. lend money to large corporations
B. increase agricultural production
C. lend money to small business

28. The following historic event took place in Puerto Rico in 1937:

A. the beginning of military occupation by American forces
B. the Ponce Massacre
C. the founding of the Nationalist Party

29. One of the main causes for the decline of state capitalism was:

A. the boycott exercised by private capitalists
B. the boycott of the Nationalist Party
C. the boycott of the Catholic Church

30. One of the following statements is not true about Operation Bootstrap:

A. it was, at first, a labor-intensive economic program
B. it was based on agricultural production
C. it attracted US capital by offering tax cuts

31. Which of the following was not taken under the Foraker Act?

A. the replacement of the military government with a civilian one.
B. the creation of a House of Delegates
C. giving Puerto Ricans US citizenship

32. The purpose of the land reform in Puerto Rico was: A. to distribute land to rich land owners

B. to compete with American agricultural producers
C C. to distribute land to poor Puerto Rican peasants

33. The following is true about the jones Act of 1917:

A. it gave Puerto Ricans "Puerto Rican" citizenship
B. it created a unicameral parliament in Puerto Rico
C. it gave Puerto Ricans US citizenship

34. By the end of 1899, resentment and opposition to US authority in Puerto Rico began to grow because of:

A. many Puerto Ricans wanted to go back to Spanish rule
B. Puerto Ricans workers were losing jobs to US workers
C. the imposition of military rule in the island

35. The following is true about Lolita Lebron:

A. she was against the independence of Puerto Rico
B. she was a fighter for the independence of Puerto Rico
C. she was in favor of the "Estado Libre Asociado" (Associated Free State)