INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PHILIPPINES 1. Create a political cartoon to

represent one of the Acts,

Commissions, or events listed on

your timeline. Think of symbols

cartoonists use for America that

you could use as well. Your

cartoon should have a message or

viewpoint that you show visually

Draw your cartoon in the box to

the right

2. What is the message or viewpoint

of your cartoon?

3. Why did it take so long for the

Philippines to achieve cull

independence?

4. Who wrote the Jones Act?

a. William F. Jones

b. Manuel L. Quezon

c. Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman

d. William Howard Taft

5. How do you think a Filipino would feel about the Jones Act?

6. Which Act or Cornoua dio you foel was the most progressive? Explain your answer.

on this day in 1939, in response to hitler’s invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany.

the first casualty of that declaration was not german—but the british ocean liner athenia, which was sunk by a german u-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. there were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. of those, 28 were americans, but president roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of america sending its armies to european fields.” the united states would remain neutral.

as for britain’s response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-nazi propaganda leaflets—13 tons of them—over germany. they would begin bombing german ships on september 4, suffering significant losses. they were also working under orders not to harm german civilians. the german military, of course, had no such restrictions. france would begin an offensive against germany’s western border two weeks later. their effort was weakened by a narrow 90-mile window leading to the german front, enclosed by the borders of luxembourg and belgium—both neutral countries. the germans mined the passage, stalling the french offensive.

john maynard keynes developed new economic theories in response to the stock market crash of 1929. great depression of the 1930s. first and second world wars. economic boom of the 1950s.

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explanation: