The Jones Acts of 1916 and 1917 https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=719 General Information Source: NBC News Resource Type: Creator: N/A Copyright: Event Date: Air/Publish Date: 1916 - 1917 07/30/2007 Copyright Date: Clip Length Video MiniDocumentary NBCUniversal Media, LLC. 2007 00:00:59 Description The Philippines were promised independence in 1916 but didn't receive it until 1946. Keywords Jones Act, Woodrow Wilson, Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, American Imperialism, Annexation, SelfGovernment, Citizenship, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Spanish-American War, Christopher Capozzola Citation MLA "The Jones Acts of 1916 and 1917." NBC News. NBCUniversal Media. 30 July 2007. NBC Learn. Web. © 2008-2015 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 1 of 2 19 March 2015 APA 2007, July 30. The Jones Acts of 1916 and 1917. [Television series episode]. NBC News. Retrieved from https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=719 CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE "The Jones Acts of 1916 and 1917" NBC News, New York, NY: NBC Universal, 07/30/2007. Accessed Thu Mar 19 2015 from NBC Learn: https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=719 Transcript The Jones Acts of 1916 and 1917 Professor CHRISTOPHER CAPOZZOLA (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): The most important thing to remember about U.S. imperialism in this period is that it was a partisan project. It was started under McKinley and finished under Roosevelt, and it was associated with the Republican Party. And Woodrow Wilson is the first Democratic president to come in after the Spanish-American War. And the Democrats had consistently opposed the U.S. annexation of the Philippines and U.S. imperialism. And Wilson wanted to move forward. The Jones Act of 1916 in the Philippines promises eventual independence to the Philippines when they are, as it was said, when they have a “stable” government, when they are capable of governing themselves. But one administration after another decided that they were not ready yet. And Philippine independence didn't come until 1946. In the Jones Act of 1917, he extends U.S. citizenship to people in Puerto Rico and makes migration rights easier between the island and the mainland. © 2008-2015 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Page 2 of 2