WHS AP US History Ch 19
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 In the late nineteenth century, the most striking feature of the American Party system was its | Remarkable Stability |
| An examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals | Voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential election was very high |
| In the late nineteenth century, democrats tended to attracr the greater numbers of | Catholics |
| Thoughou the late nineteeth century, the federal government | was relatively inactive |
| the political battles between Stalwarts and Half-breeds constituted a fight | between traditionalists and reformers |
| Chester A. Arthur | Supported the Penleton Act as part of civil service reform |
| Samuel Burchard's "rum, Romanism, and rebellion" speech durring the election of 1884 most hurt | James G. Blaine |
| The election of 1888 | involved clear economic differences between the major parties |
| in the late nineteenth century, the issue of primary intrest to the Republican was | Supporting high Tariffs |
| in 1892, president Frover Cleveland | followed policies Similar to thoes of his first term |
| the interstate commerce Act of 1887 | put in place a series of regulations for railroad companies had little practical effect for decades created a five-person commission to oversee the act (all the above) |
| what statement regarding the national Grange movement is false | it was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870's |
| the election of 1892 | saw the debut of the people's party |
| th 1892, the people's party called for | a government network of crop warehouses |
| the panic of 1893 | triggered the nation's most severe depression up to that point |
| in 1894, Jacob Coxey and his supporters | called for a public works program for the unemployed |
| in 1873, the congressional law that officially discontinued silver coinage | became know to critics as the "Crime of '73" |
| the SHerman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 called fot the federal government to | purchase silver but not coin it |
| as teh republican party approached the 1896 election, they were | confident of victory |
| the "cross of gold" speech was given in 1896 by | William Jennings Bryan |
| in the campaign of 1896, president william mckinley | campaigned largely from his house |
| in 1896, the major economic issue for william mckinley's administration was | the need for higher tariff rates |
| american agriculture at the turn of the century benefited form | foreign crop failures |
| arguements used by social darwinists in the united states to justify expansionism | contended that all nations were engaged in a constant struggle to survive |
| the author of "th influences of sea power upon history" believed the united states | should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands |
| prior to its annexation by the united states in 1898, hawaii | had witnessed a revolution staged by the american planters |
| the leader of hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the american government upon annexation was | queen Liliuokalani |
| in the late 19th century, the united states' intrest in samoa saw competition form | spain |
| in 1898, pressure for the american entry into war in cuba came from | imperialists |
| in reporting the sinking of the "maine", the "new yourk journal" and the "new york world" | made shameless appeals to patriotism and moral outrage |
| in 1898, a letter stolen form Dupuy de Lome, spain's minister to washinton, was controversial beause it | described william mckinley as a weak president |
| the american politician who refered to the spanish-american conflict as "a splendid little war" was | John Hay |
| the bulk of the U.S. soldiers in teh spanish-american war came from | National Guard units |
| in the early stage of the spanish-american war, commodore george Dewey destoyed the spanish fleet in | Manila Bay |
| which of the following statements about the Lares Rebellion is Fales | it prompted spain to give puerto rico to the united states |
| the greatest american debate over the consequences of the spanish-american war involved | the status of the Philippines |
| criticism within the united states of american colonalism included all the following except | the finacial costs of administering colonies would require burdensome taxes |
| in 1899, supporters of the annexation of the Philippines argued the united states had set a precedent for taking land while treating its inhabitants as dependents in the case of | the federal governments;s treatment of the american indians |
| in the early 1900's, which american dependency did not receive territorial status | cuba |
| according to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment, | the united states had the right to intervene in cuba to protect life and property |
| beginning in 1898, the american war in the philippines | lasted for years and resulted in 1,000s of american deaths |
| the first civilian governor of hte philippines, who gave pilipinos broad local autonomy, was | william howard taft |
| the "open door notes" | were directed to imperial powers in europe and asia |
| in 1900, the chinese boxer rebellion was directed at | all foreigners in china |
| the man appointed to supervise a mojor overhaul of the armed forces was | Elihu Root |
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