United States History Question of the Day


Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo
and his aides, ca. 1900
(Source: Wikimedia Commons--public domain)

Question 0941:

The U.S. committed to giving the Philippine Islands their independence

(A) following Emilio Aguinaldo's uprising after the Spanish-American War
(B) with the passage of the 1916 Jones Act
(C) with the Platt Amendment
(D) in the 1898 Treaty of Paris
(E) with the Teller Amendment


Answer and explanation