HIST102 : Week 3 – Assignment: American Blunder in the Philippines May 27‚ 2012 Kier O’Neil Student American Public University On May 1‚ 1898 Commodore (later Admiral) Dewey guided his naval attack squadron into Manila Bay and quickly and decisively defeated the Spanish fleet. Not a single Spanish ship survived and not a single American life was lost. Simultaneously the Spanish were being attacked by land on all sides by native Filipino insurgents. With no hope of reinforcements or re-supply
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Maderazo‚ Shelah Abigail S. A42 ORT: Detrimental Effects of Teenage in the Philippines Teenage pregnancy is one of the major problems in the whole world. Like in other countries‚ Philippines also suffer this kind of problem. According to survey‚ teenagers from 15-24 years old are suffering teenage pregnancy. Here in the Philippines‚ 16.5 million teenagers suffer unwanted pregnancy. Because of this problem according to statistics‚ every year at least 64‚000 teenagers have abortions because
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resource constraint in the 1930s was foreign exchange‚ and this shortage led to a byzantine system of export subsidies and import controls. Why did the regime refuse to devalue the Reichsmark‚ particularly in 1936 when most of its neighbors devalued? The answers suggested by Tooze and his predecessors make little sense. According to Tooze‚ the Nazi regime feared the consequences of devaluation for servicing its large foreign debt‚ but why could the Nazis not have devalued in 1933‐34 and repudiated that
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EFFECTS OF SOIL EROSION IN THE PHILIPPINES Soil erosion is happening everywhere in this world. Especially near the water area and maybe it is happening below where we stand. One my grandparents told me‚ that one time when they were young a typhoon with its devastating rain hit manila. Because they were near river‚ because of the heavy rain without warning the soil beneath their home collapse and their home was wash away in the river. And it said to be the cause of the collapse of the soil
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Why is Unemployment high in the Philippines? As a result of the global economic crisis‚ which drastically cut our exports and slowed down our OFW (overseas Filipino workers) remittances‚ Philippine economic growth in GDP (gross domestic product) terms which was registered at 7.1 percent in 2007 was brought lower to 3.8 percent last year and to just about 1 percent in the first half of the year. Despite the slowing down of the domestic economy‚ however‚ Philippine unemployment rate remained at almost
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Philippine–American War The Philippine–American War‚ also known as the Philippine War of Independence or the Philippine Insurrection (1899–1902)‚ was an armed conflict between a group of Filipino revolutionaries and the United States which arose from the struggle of the First Philippine Republic to gain independence following annexation by the United States.The war was part of a series of conflicts in the Philippine struggle for independence‚ preceded by the Philippine Revolution and the Spanish-American
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American Imperialism and the Colonization of the Philippines The irony of the 1898 Spanish-American war was that Americans fought partly to aid Cubans in the fight for Cuban sovereignty‚ and the United States ended up colonizing some territories they won from Spain‚ like the Philippines. Despite America’s previous claims of only supporting independence and democracy‚ the United States became an imperialist power and colonized the Philippines (Introduction to the Spanish-American war and the
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With the K+12 style of education being implemented in the Philippines‚ one must wonder what factors that prompted policy makers to implement this form of educational system. According to the Department of Education (2012‚ http://www.gov.ph/k-12/)‚ K+12 is there to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills‚ develop lifelong learners‚ and prepare graduates for tertiary education‚ middle level skills development‚ employment and entrepreneurship. This is all well and good in paper but
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The Tsarist regime‚ an often barbaric feudal system‚ was balancing on the eve of collapse even before the outbreak of World War One in 1914. Tsarism has a long and troubled history‚ characterised by changing views and opinions whilst demanding full dedication of its citizens. Tsarism’s woes were amplified at the dawn of the 20th century‚ with an unwillingness to embrace modernisation. Enciting events such as the Bloody Sunday Massacre‚ and the Lena Goldfields massacre. World War One did however‚
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Carriage Regimes To what extent do the international carriage regimes facilitate modern international carriage relationships? My Answer: A) Regulation of contracts by the three frameworks of liabilities and defenses; B) Historical justification for internationally recognized regulation – starting with the Harter Act 1893 and concerns about freedom of contract impact on cargo interests; At the end of the 19th century shipping started to develop more and more and during the first years
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