FilAm History
This is the year that Filipinos first arrived in America.
What is 1587?
Lapu-Lapu fought this explorer in the Battle of Mactan.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
In the US, this percentage of all foreign-born nurses are Filipino.
What is 1/3?
He is a stand-up comedian that helps share the Filipino culture to others.
Who is Jo Koy?
Maria Ressa holds this position at Rappler.
What is CEO?
When Filipinos migrated during the early 1900’s, they worked in this field.
What are plantations?
This man was exiled to the Island of Mindanao.
Who is Jose Rizal?
In Marco’s regime, he addressed the recession and unemployment by promoting this.
What is labor export?
She is the singing voice behind Princess Mulan and Princess Jasmine.
Who is Lea Salonga?
Victorio A. Velaso immigrated to this US city.
What is Seattle?
This man helped to organize a strike of grape farmers in Delano California.
Who is Philip Vera Cruz
She was considered the first Filipina to lead an uprising.
Who is Gabriela Silang?
The amount of Filipino nurses that leave the Philippines every year.
What is 20,000?
He is the voice actor for Prince Zuko of Avatar the Last Airbender.
Who is Dante Basco?
This filmmaker made the film A Thousand Cuts.
This is year, Filipino American History Month was recognized by Congress
What is 2009?
She fought all three of the Philippine's main aggressors.
Who is Teresa Magbanua?
Over the decades, this is the total amount of Filipino workers who worked at US hospitals.
What is 150,000 nurses?
She raps about her experience as an immigrant in America and her fight against assimilation.
Who is Ruby Ibarra?
Maria Ressa and Rappler are commonly accused of this by the Philippine government.
What is cyberlibel?
These towns were founded in and Louisiana as one of the first Fil-Am settlements in America
What is Saint Malo(LA)
She was the first Filipina to be featured on the Philippine peso.
Who is Tandang Sora?
These five countries receive the most Filipino labor.
What are the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia, the UK, and Germany?
Hernando R. Ocampo made paintings about the impact of this war in his art.
What is World War II?
Unfortunately, Alex Tizon passed away before being told what big news?
What is the last story he wrote for The Atlantic titled, "My Family's Slave", was going to run on the front cover of the magazine?