Tydings–McDuffie Act

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The Tydings–McDuffie Act was a 1934 U.S. law that provided for Philippine self-government and laid out the process and timetable for the Philippines’ transition from American colonial rule to full independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Philippine independence legislation ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ
aimsTo define U.S.–Philippine relations during transition ⓘ
prepare the Philippines for full independence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Philippine Independence Act ⓘ
Philippine Independence Act of 1934 ⓘ
Public Law No. 73-127 ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: Philippines
changesStatusOf Filipinos as U.S. nationals ⓘ
conditionRelatesTo foreign relations of the Philippines ⓘ
immigration and nationality status of Filipinos ⓘ
military reservations and bases ⓘ
trade relations between the United States and the Philippines ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
definesProcessFor drafting of a Philippine constitution ⓘ
enactedBy 73rd United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Commonwealth of the Philippines ⓘ
historicalContext American colonial rule in the Philippines ⓘ
historicalPeriod Interwar period ⓘ
immigrationQuotaForFilipinosPerYear 50 ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalStatus superseded after Philippine independence ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
limits Filipino immigration to the United States ⓘ
providesFor Philippine Commonwealth government ⓘ
ten-year transitional period ⓘ
transition to Philippine independence ⓘ
relatedTo Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act ⓘ
Jones Law of 1916 ⓘ
replaces Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act ⓘ
requires Philippine constitutional convention ⓘ
plebiscite in the Philippines ⓘ
requiresApprovalBy President of the United States ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
resultedIn establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935 ⓘ
setsConditionFor recognition of Philippine independence ⓘ
shortName Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
signingDate 1934-03-24 ⓘ
sponsorInHouse John McDuffie ⓘ
sponsorInSenate Millard E. Tydings ⓘ
subjectMatter Philippine independence ⓘ
Philippine self-government ⓘ
United States colonial policy ⓘ
transitionPeriodLength 10 years ⓘ
ultimateOutcome independence of the Republic of the Philippines in 1946 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1934 ⓘ

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Commonwealth of the Philippines → establishedBy → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
Jones Act (Philippines) → repealedBy → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
Jones Law of 1916 → followedBy → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
American colonial period (Philippines) → significantEvent → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
subject linked to: American colonial period
American colonial period (Philippines) → legalBasis → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
subject linked to: American colonial period
Treaty of Manila (1946) → follows → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
Tydings–McDuffie Act → shortName → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands → significantEvent → Tydings–McDuffie Act of 1934 preparing for Commonwealth status ⓘ
linked to: Tydings–McDuffie Act
Philippine Independence Act → alsoKnownAs → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
Philippine Independence Act → alsoKnownAs → Tydings-McDuffie Act ⓘ
linked to: Tydings–McDuffie Act
Philippine Legislature → relatedTo → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
1935 Constitution of the Philippines → influencedBy → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
Commonwealth period → establishedBy → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ
Millard E. Tydings → notableWork → Tydings–McDuffie Act ⓘ