Which figure led the Sakdalista uprising?

• A. Manuel Roxas
• B. Emilio Aguinaldo
• C. Claro M. Recto
• D. Benigno Ramos

Answer: (D)

The figure behind the Sakdalista uprising was Benigno Ramos. He founded the Sakdal Party and carried its radical platform, which pushed for immediate independence from the United States and sweeping reforms, into a brief armed uprising in 1935. Ramos sought to mobilize peasants and rural communities under a bold, anti-colonial message, and his leadership is why he is remembered as the central organizer of that revolt.

Manuel Roxas was a prominent Nacionalista leader who advocated a more gradual path to independence and later became president. Emilio Aguinaldo led the 1896-1898 revolution against Spain and was a key revolutionary figure earlier in Philippine history. Claro M. Recto was a nationalist intellectual and politician who argued for independence but did not lead the Sakdal uprising.