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9B BACKGROUND

By G Wells

Poll

WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES?

• NOTHING AT ALL!

• I KNOW IT'S A PLACE

• I KNOW IT'S IN ASIA

• I KNOW LOTS OF STUFF!

Multiple Choice

AFTER WINNING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, THE UNITED STATES HAD SUDDENLY BECOME A ...

• MINOR SHIPPING SUCCESS

• GREAT PLACE FOR PIZZA

• MAJOR WORLD POWER

• NEW TERRITORY IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Multiple Choice

IN THE PHILIPPINES, IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHETHER AMERICANS HAD COME TO...

• BUILD NEW FORTS IN MANILA OR PATAGANG

• STAY AND PLAY OR LEAVE

• MAKE THE PHILIPPINES A NEW STATE

• LIBERATE OR OCCUPY THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

Multiple Choice

WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE FILIPINO INSURGENTS?

• DUSSEL HOFFMAN

• EMILIO AGUINALDO

• EL QUAPO

• JUAGO THE GREAT

Multiple Choice

WHY DID AGUINALDO FEEL BETRAYED?

• HE AND HIS MEN THOUGHT THE AMERICANS HAD COME TO LIBERATE THEM

• THE AMERICANS WERE BAD AT SINGING FILIPINO LOVE SONGS

• THE NACHOS TASTED STALE

Multiple Choice

WHAT DID THE AMERICANS DO ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES AT THE PARIS CONFERENCE?

• THEY GRANTED THE PHILIPPINES IT'S INDEPENDENCE

• THEY ANNEXED, OR, TOOK CONTROL OF THE PHILIPPINES

• THEY HANDED THE ISLANDS BACK TO SPAIN

WHAT?​

Multiple Choice

WHY DID AGUINALDO AND HIS MEN TURN THEIR GUNS ON THE AMERICANS AFTER THE TREATY WAS RATIFIED?

• THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ICE CREAM AND PUNCH AT THE PARTY

• THE TREATY WAS NOT POPULAR WITH SUPPORTERS OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

• THE WORDS ON THE DOCUMENT HAD BAD GRAMMAR

​WHY WERE ANTI-IMPERIALISTS AGAINST TAKING THE PHILIPPINES?

WHY DID SOME PEOPLE FAVOR TAKING THE PHILIPPINES?

Multiple Choice

ANTI-IMPERIALISTS WERE AGAINST TAKING THE PHILIPPINES BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED...

• IT WAS A STEP TOWARDS AMERICA BECOMING AN EMPIRE

• THERE WAS TOO MUCH TOMATO SAUCE IN THE PIZZA

• FOOD TASTED BETTER IN HAWAII

Multiple Choice

PEOPLE WHO FAVORED TAKING THE PHILIPPINES BELIEVED THAT...

• THE SANDWICHES WERE BETTER THERE

• THERE WAS BETTER KAROAKE IN THE PHILIPPINES

• THERE WERE NO OTHER OPTIONS OTHER THAN TO ANNEX THE PHILIPPINES

​WHAT ARE YOU

GONNA WRITE ABOUT?​

Multiple Choice

WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF THE SHORT SPEECH YOU ARE PREPARING?

• WHETHER PUERTO RICO SHOULD BECOME A NEW STATE

• WHETHER ARIZONA SHOULD BECOME A NEW STATE

• WHETHER THE UNITED STATES SHOULD ANNEX THE PHILIPPINES

• WHETHER THE UNITED STATES SHOULD ANNEX HAWAII

Multiple Choice

YOU ARE WRITING A SPEECH AS A MEMBER OF...

• THE SENATE

• THE COWBOY COMMITTEE

• THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PANCAKE TASTERS

• THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES