Self-assessment

Construct a data chart. List down the developments or results

of American occupation in the Philippines under each aspect of
Filipino life and indicate their positive and negative implications
(consequences or effects). Determine which sector(s) of Filipino
society were benefited most and which the least.

Aspect of Developments Implications Most Least

Filipino (Results of (Consequences Benefited Benefited
American or Effects) Sector(s) Sector(s)
Occupation)

Social Progress under Measuring social The index gives Filipino cultural life
America the impact of progress offers governments and changed
Social American public citizens and leaders businesses the dramatically as the
education. The a more complete tools to track English language
Philippines was a key picture of how their social and became an official
factor in the country is environmental medium, not only
improvement of peace developing. And performance in schools, but
and order conditions that will help rigorously and also in private and
in the country. societies make make better public offices.
Democracy as an better choices, public policy and
ideology was create stronger investment
emphasized in all communities, and choices.
schools. Filipinos enable people to
became conscious of lead more fulfilling
basic freedoms. lives.

Growth of agricultural To use the A new brand of This perception of

in the Philippines Philippines as a democracy many Filipinos was
Cultural Agricultural progress source of raw known as contributory to the
in the Philippines materials for US “Democracy Americanization of
during the American industries and as Filipino Style” Filipino lifestyle
regime was market for US emerged. This
remarkable for it manufactured style as a trend
changed the surplus products. of Filipinization
deplorable state of gave rise to a
Philippines Agriculture new breed of
into a scientifically Filipino who were
advanced and involved in the
modernized one. The introduction of
introduction of popular American
experimental model activities in
farms and livestock cultural fields
production technology such as sports,
introduced the entertainment,
Americans gradually education,
empowered Filipino religion, and the
Farmers with scientific arts.
methods of
cultivation.
 Economic and social To have a refueling All of these were The economic
progress under port for American generated progress under
American rule given ships servicing their because of the America did not
an era of cooperation interest in Chine favorable political pass without a
and good relations and socio-cultural great price on the
between American climate in the part of the
authorities and Filipino Philippines. Filipinos.
leaders, development
in the Philippines took
Economic great leaps and
bounds, Rapid
development in
agriculture,
commerce, and trade
soared high.
Transportation and
communications were
modernized

America’s Policy of To use the Many of the American motives,

Occupation America’s Philippines as a Filipino elite the Filipinos
successful suppression military and naval Leaders painfully
of revolutionary base to balance the especially the succumbed to
resistance against power in Asia “Illustrados,” compromising
their colonial rule began to adhere their sovereignty
forced the Filipino elite to the well-stated to colonialism by
to shift to an US Policy of way of serving
alternative of peaceful President under American
struggle for McKinley in his military and
independence. message to the civilian rule in the
Political
US Congress Philippines.
stressing that the
Philippines is
theirs not to
exploit but to
develop, to
civilize, to
educate, and to
train in the
science of self-
government