What was the 10-year transition period before full independence called?

What was the 10-year transition period before full independence called?

• A. Commonwealth
• B. Provisional Government
• C. Insular Government
• D. Revolution

Answer: (A)

The concept being tested is the name for a formal transitional government that prepares a colony for full sovereignty. In the Philippines, the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–1946) was set up specifically as a ten-year transition to independence under the Tydings-McDuffie Act. It created a constitutional framework and an elected government while the United States retained sovereignty, with independence expected in 1946 (though WWII delayed it). This makes it the correct term for the described transition period. The other terms refer to different arrangements: a Provisional Government is a temporary authority used during a gap in stable governance; the Insular Government was the U.S.-administered colonial government before the Commonwealth; a Revolution is an armed uprising, not a formal transitional framework toward independence.

The concept being tested is the name for a formal transitional government that prepares a colony for full sovereignty. In the Philippines, the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–1946) was set up specifically as a ten-year transition to independence under the Tydings-McDuffie Act. It created a constitutional framework and an elected government while the United States retained sovereignty, with independence expected in 1946 (though WWII delayed it). This makes it the correct term for the described transition period. The other terms refer to different arrangements: a Provisional Government is a temporary authority used during a gap in stable governance; the Insular Government was the U.S.-administered colonial government before the Commonwealth; a Revolution is an armed uprising, not a formal transitional framework toward independence.