Answer:
D
Explanation:
Generally, we have three government arms.
These are the executive, judiciary(courts) and the legislature (houses)
We can see here in this case that the judiciary (chief justice) is the one presiding over an action of the legislature over the executive.
We can see in this case that one arm of the government checking irregularities on the path of the executive.
So, the legislature and the judiciary in this case is checking and balancing the activities of the executive
Answer: Major executive officials and all judges were to be elected by popular vote.
The United States are more interested in building military bases in the Philippines because it is a strategic location wherein it will serve as a gateway for the US forces in Asia and the Pacific. Actually, there has been US military bases in the Philippines only it stopped its operation during 1992.
The answer is B - they wanted it for trading