Daily Quiz for May 23, 2008

Status of the Philippines. The Schurman Commission of 1899 was established to study the status of the Philippines. President William McKinley appointed a Philippine Commission led by Jacob G. Schurman, president of Cornell University, to study the situation in the island and to submit a report to serve as a basis for setting up a civil government. Established on January 20, 1899, the commission issued findings in June suggesting the ultimate independence for the islands, but for an indefinite period, continued U.S. rule.