the chinese boxer rebellion of 1900 was directed at
all foreigners in china
Chester a Arthur
supported the Pendleton act as part of civil service reform
The man appointed to supervise a major overhaul of the Armed Forces was
Elihu root
The leader of Hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the American government upon annexation was
queen Liliuokalani
and his second term President Grover Cleveland
followed policies similar to those of his first term
The author of the influence of Sea power upon history believe the United States should
take possession of the Hawaiian Islands
throughout the late 19 century the federal government
was relatively inactive
in the 1888 election the position of primary importance to the Republican Party was
support for high tariffs
which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American war is false
The US Army soldiers were well-equipped and supplied
in the late 19 century United States in interest in Samoa saw competition from
Germany
in 1899 supporters of the annexation of the Philippines argued the United States had set a precedent for taking land while treating its inhabitants of dependents with the case of the
Federal government's treatment of American Indians
The bulk of US soldiers in the Spanish-American war came from
National Guard units
The American politician who referred to the Spanish-American conflict as a splendid little war was
John hay
in the late 19 century of veterans of the Civil War retired
A majority of the black and white male population in the north receive federal pensions
The letter stolen in 1898 from dupuy de lôme, Spain's minister to Washington, was controversial because it
described William McKinley as a weak president
the foraker act of 1900
established an American colonial govt over Puerto Rico
according to the terms of the 1901 platt amendment
The United States have the right to intervene in Cuba to protect life and property
The Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish-American war
transferred the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States
The Spanish-American war began primarily because of events in
cuba
The interstate commerce act of 1887
all these answers are correct
in the late 19 century Democrats tended to attract greater numbers of
catholics
The Spanish-American war revealed to American military planners
the need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army
an examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals
voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential election was very high
arguments used by social Darwinists in the United States to justify expansionism
contended that all nations were engaged in a constant struggle to survive
beginning in 1898 the American war in the Philippines
lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths
in the early stage of the Spanish-American war Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in
Manila Harbor
The author who called on the United States to increase its naval forces in his book the influence of Sea power upon history was
Alfred T. Mahan
criticisms within the United States regarding American colonialism included all the following major arguments except that
The financial costs of administering colonies would require burdensome taxes
The open door notes
were directed to imperial powers in Europe and Asia
The political battles between the stalwarts and half breeds constituted a fight
between Republican traditionalists and reformers
in the early 20th century Cuba
was occupied by troops from the United States for years at a time
Theodore Roosevelt's famous charge in the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American war
all these answers are correct
The Sherman antitrust act of 1890
was indifferently forced and weakened by the courts
Samual Burchard's rum Romanism and rebellion speech during the election of 1884 most hurt
James G. Blaine
in the early 1900s which American dependency did not receive territorial status
Cuba
The first civilian governor of the Philippines gave the Filipinos broad local autonomy was
William Howard Taft
prior to its annexation by the United states in 1898 Hawaii
had witnessed revolutions staged by American planters
in the late 19 century the most striking feature of the American party system was its
remarkable stability
The election of 1888
involved clear differences on turf issues between the major parties
America should be imperialistic because
strengthens the economy. increases military power. civilizes rest of the world.
what statement regarding the national Grange movement is false
it was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s
The farmers alliances
were far more widespread than the Grange movement
The election of 1892
saw the debut of the People's party
in 1892 the People's party called for
A government network of crop warehouses
The panic of 1893
triggered the nations most severe depression up to that point
in 1894 Jacob Coxey and his supporters
called for a public works program for the unemployed
to many middle-class Americans the major labor upheavals of the late 19th century
were dangerous signs of social instability
The Congressional law of 1873 that officially discontinued silver coinage
became known to critics as the crime of 73
The Sherman Silver purchase act of 1890 called for the federal government to
purchase silver but not coin it
as the Republican Party approached the 1896 election they were
confident of victory
The cross of gold speech was given in 1896 by
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president in the 1896 election by the
democrats
in the campaign of 1896 William McKinley
campaigned largely from his house
in 1896 the major economic issue for William McKinley's administration was
The need for higher tariffs rates
American agriculture at the turn-of-the-century benefited from
foreign crop failures
