in the late 19th century the most striking feature of the american party system was its
remarkable stability
an examination of american voters in the late 19th century reveals
a voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential elections was very high
in the late 19th century democrats tended to attract the greater numbers of
catholics
thorughout the late 19th 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 pendleton act as part of civil service reform
samuel burchards rum romanism and rebellion speech during the election of 1884 most hurt
james g blaine
the election of 1888
involved clear economic differences between the major parties
in the late 19th century the issue of primary interest to the republican party was
supporting high tariffs
in 1892 president grover cleveland
followed policies similar to those of his first term
the interstate commerce act of 1887
all these answers are correct
what statement regarding the national grange movement is false
it was greatly stengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s
the election of 1892
saw the debut of the peoples party
in 1892 the peoples 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 jocob coxey and his supporters
called for a public works program of unemployment insurance
in 1873 the congressional law 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
in the campaign of 1896 president william mckinely
campaigned largely from his house
in 1896 the major economic issue for william mckinleys administration was
the need for higher tariff rates
american agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from
foreign crop failures
arguments 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 the influence of sea power upon history believed the united states
should take possesion of the hawaiin islands
prior to its annexation by the united states in 1898 hawaii
had witnessed a revolution staged by american planters
the leader of hawaii who was forced to yeild authority to the american government upon annexation was
queen liliuokalani
in the late 19th century the united states interest in samoa saw competition from
germany
in 1898 pressure for the american entry into war in cuba came from
imperialists
in reporting the sinking of the maine the new york journal and the new york world
made shameless appeals to patriotism and moral outrage
in 1898 a letter stolen from dupuy de lome spains minister to washington was controversial because it
desscribed william mckinely as a weak president
the american politician who referred to the spanish american conflict as a splendid little war was
john hay
the bulk of the us soldiers in the spanish american war came from
national guard units
in the early stage of the spanish american war commadore george dewey destroyed the spanish fleet in
manila bay
which of the following statements about the lares rebellion is false
it prompted spain to give up 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 colonialism included all the following except
the financial 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 treatment of american indians
in the early 1900s which american dependency did not recieve territorial status
cuba
according to the terms of the 1901 platt ammendment
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 thousands of american deaths
the first civilian governor of the philippines who gave filipinos 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 ddirected at
all foreigners in china
the man appointed to supervise a major overhaul of the armed forces was
elihu root
