LA CARLOTA CITY COLLEGE

City of La Carlota
CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
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SEMI FINAL EXAMINATKION – G.E. 2 (READING PHILIPINE HISTORY)

NAME: ____________________________ COURSE & YEAR: ________________ SCORE: __________

I. Direction: Write letter “T “if the statement is true and letter “F “if the statement is false.
1. The Philippines became supplier of raw materials and a consumer of American goods during the
era of the latter administration.
2. The founding of political parties was begun during the period of American administration which
to composed of Nationalist Party and Liberal Party.
3. The Pensionados was the first group of teachers sent by the American government to the
Philippines.
4. Free Trade made the Philippines independence on the United States.
5. The William Howard Taft Group was the First Commission sent by the United States to laid the
foundation of American policy in the Philippines.
6. It was in the American administration the women achieved political suffrage after a long and
difficult struggle.
7. The Tydings McDuffie Act in 1934, providing for a ten-year period of commonwealth status in
the Philippines to complete independence.
8. General Emilio Aguinaldo was the First President of the Commonwealth Government established
by United States in the Philippines.
9. Pres. Manuel L. Quezon instruction to the secretary of Justice Jose P, Laurel, and President of
Secretary Jorge Vargas is to cooperate with the Japanese short of taking allegiance to the
Japanese Imperial Government before leaving to Corrigidor island together with the American
forces.
10. It was stipulated in the ‘Treaty of Paris” the transfer of jurisdiction over the Philippines to the
United States of America.
11. Upon the announcement of Treaty of Paris, the Filipino aroused their anger like Apolinario
Mabini, General Antonio Luna and other radicals.
12. It’s true that Filipinos with promising scholastic aptitudes were sent to study in the United States
of America as Pensionados.
13. The establishment of Free Trade was the core program of Japanese Imperial Government in the
Philippines.
14. It is true that the Japanese soldiers committed serious inhuman treatment to the Filipinos by way
of beating them harshly for no apparent reason, robbed the people’s food, jewelry, clothes and
abused the Filipino women by way of raping them.
15. The Spanish language was reintroduced in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation.
16. The adoption of American language was one of the aims of the Schurman commission.
17. It was General Douglas Mc Arthur liberated Manila during the Mock Battle in Manila 1898.
18. General Arthur Mc Arthur was the man behind in saving the Philippines from the Japanese
Imperial Government.
19. The bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by American forces was a breakthrough for their surrender in
September 2, 1945.
20. The Anti-Hulk policy was adopted by the American in the Philippines since it was a Threat to the
Commonwealth government because of the communist link.
21. The famous words of General Douglas McArthur to the Filipino people before he returned back
to America was “ I will be returning to conquer the Philippines”.
22. General Douglas McArthur with American forces landed in Manila de Bay when he returned to
the Philippines to continue fighting against the Japanese forces for the second time.
23. Manuel L. Quezon was known as the Puppet President of the Japanese Sponsored Republic.
24. It was in the history of the Philippines that Hukbong Mapaglayang Bayan Laban sa Mga Hapon
or HUKBALAHAP made a major role in the delay of Japanese occupation in the Philippines.
25. Historically, there were great loss of life especially millions of Filipinos died and tremendous
physical destruction by the time the second war was over.

II.: Identify the following

1. What American law is passed establishing a purely Filipino Legislature?

2. The American President who think that the only decent solution was to keep the entire Philippine
Archipelago under the American administration instead of part of it.
3 What treaty that American forced to pay to Spain the amount of 20 million dollars as indemnity
for the war and the unfinished building projects in the Philippines?
4. The First Commission sent by the American government to administer the Philippines.
5. The first American Civilian Governor tasked by the American government to administer the
Philippines.
6. The first group of teachers sent by American government in the Philippines.
7. The first University established in the Philippines during the American administration.
8. Filipino scholars sent by American government in the Philippines to study in United States.
9. The American Law providing ten-year Commonwealth government in the Philippines beginning
in 1935 lead to complete independence.
10. An American Governor General who having regarded himself as a “Constitutional Monarch”
presiding over a “government of Filipinos”.
11. When was the Commonwealth government established in the Philippines by the American?
12. Who was the First President of the Commonwealth Government in the Philippines?
13. The appointed President by the Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines.
14. When was the United States retakes the Philippines from Japan?
15. When was the United States grants full Independence to the Philippines?
16. When was the Philippine-American war conflict erupts between Filipino Revolutionists and
American Forces?
17. How many Filipinos fallen in the famous “Death March” from Maraviles, Bulacan to San
Fernando, Pampanga?
18. How many Filipinos died in the Japanese concentration camp in Capas Tarlac?
19. What People’s Anti – Japanese Army was organized in the Phiippines under the leadership of
Luis Taruc, a Communist party member since 1939.
20. An organization established by the Japanese government whose aims was to spy and tell on their
fellow Filipinos (whose anecdote is Firipino tago, Firipino tudlo. Japanese language has no
observance of letter ‘L”).
21. When was the Japanese bombed the American planes in Manila and other bases in Luzon?
22. The Japanese General landed with a major force at Lingayen, Pangasinan, forwarding Manila
unopposed.
23. Who declared Manila as an open city in December 26,1941 in the hope of saving it from further
bombing by the Japanese?
24. The American General who ordered the Commonwealth officials and their families to vacate to
Corrigidor Island from Japanese major attacked.
25. The school established by Protestant religious sect in Ilo-ilo during the American administration.
26. The medium of instruction taught in school during the American administration in the
Philippines.
27. The First Civil Governor General in the Philippines during the American administration.
28. The First Commission sent by United States of America to the Philippines in January 1898 aimed
at the well-being, prosperity and happiness of the Philippine people.
29. Then American President who ordered the Schuurman Commission to the Philippines.
30. The language introduced in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation.
31. Where was General Douglas McArthur landed when he returned to the Philippines with major
American forces to continue fighting against the Japanese forces.

32. The Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Filipino (or KALIPBAPI) was organized during the
Japanese period to convince Filipinos for their administration support.

33. The Language introduced by Japanese Government to the Philippines during the period of their
occupation.
34. The American General who signed unconditional surrender to the Japanese Forces because he
thinks that their further resistance with Filipino forces was futile on May 6,1942.

35. When was the Japanese Forces launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base in
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and later in the day on military installations in the Philippines.

III. Answer the following as enumerated below.

1 - 4 The content of the policy provided in the Taft Commission.

Americans
5 - 10 Enumerate the trade, commerce and industry developments established by the in
the Philippines
11 - 15 Developments introduced by Americans in the Philippines.
16 - 18 Enumerate those prohibitions when the Philippines was under Martial Law
during Japanese control.
19 - 20 The two famous battle field in Luzon by Filipino and American Forces on the
height of the major attacked by the Japanese forces.

IV. ESSAY. Discuss the following: You have the choices below. Select two questions only and
answer.

1. Comprehensively discuss the significant events in the Philippines during the Second World War
particularly during period of the Japanese occupation. 10 pts.

2. Discuss the unforgettable events of the famous “Death March” in the Philippines.

3. What can say about the American administration in the Philippines and their contributions toward
Philippine developments? 15 pts.

4. If you are given a chance to lead the Philippine government at present, what actions or steps are
you going to take for the rapid recovery of country especially in terms of our way of life,
economy, political, education and social life? 15 pts.

CARLITO M, GABALES,BSCRIM, LPT, MPA

Professor