AP US History Chp 19

The congressional law of 1873 that officially discontinued silver coinage

Became known to critics as the "Crime of '73"

The political battles between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds constituted a fight

Between traditionalists and reformers

The man appointed to supervise a major overhaul of the armed forces was

Elihu Root

The Foraker Act of 1900

Established an American colonial government over Puerto Rico

The "Cross of Gold" speech appealed primarily to

Farmers

In 1892, President Grover Cleveland

Followed policies similar to those of his first term

In the late nineteenth century, the United States' interest in Samoa saw competition from

Germany

Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898, Hawaii

Had witnessed a revolution staged by American planters

The election of 1888

Involved clear economic differences between the major parties

The election of 1892

Saw the debut of the People's party

Criticisms within the United States of American colonialism included all the following EXCEPT that

The financial costs of administering colonies would require burdensome taxes

In 1896, the major economic issue for William McKinley's administration was

The need for higher tariff rates

The Panic of 1893

Triggered the nation's most severe depression up to that point

An examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals

Voter turnout for both presidential and non presidental elections was very high

In the early twentieth century, Cuba

Was occupied by troops from the United States for years at a time

The "Cross of Gold" speech was given in 1896 by

William Jennings Bryan

The Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1900 was directed at

All foreigners in China

Throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government

Was relatively high

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

Was used by the federal government against labor unions

To many middle-class Americans, the major labor upheavals of the late nineteenth century

Were dangerous signs of social instability

The "Open Door notes"

Were directed to imperial powers in Europe and Asia

The Farmers' Alliances

Were far more widespread than the Grange movement

The first civilian governor of the Philippines, who gave Filipinos broad local autonomy, was

William Howard Taft

As the Republican Party approached the 1896 election, they were

Confident of victory

Arguments used by Social Darwinists in the United States to justify expansionism

Contended that all nations were engaged in a constant struggle to survive

In the early 1900's, which American dependency did NOT receive territorial status?

Cuba

The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in

Cuba

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

Samuel Burchard's "rum,Romanism, and rebellion" speech during the election of 1884 most hurt

James G.Blaine

The American politician who referred to the Spanish-American conflict as "a splendid little war" was

John Hay

The leader of Hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the American government upon annexation was

King Kamehameha III.

Beginning in 1898, the American war in the Philippines

Lasted for the years and resulted in the thousands of American deatgs

In the early stage of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the

Manila Bay

The bulk of U.S. soldiers in the Spanish-American War came from

National Guard units

The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 called for the federal government to

Purchase silver but not coin it

In the late nineteenth century, the most striking feature of American party system was its

Remarkable stability

The author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History believed the United States

Should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands

In the late nineteenth century, the issue of primary interest to the Republican Party was

Support for high tariffs

Chester A.Arthur

Supported the Pendleton Act as part of civil service reform

Which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American War is FALSE?

U.S. Army soldiers were well-equipped and supplied

In 1892, the People's Party called for

A government network of crop warehouses

In the late nineteenth century, as veterans of the Civil War retired,

A majority of the black and white male population in the North received federal pensions

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.

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

All these answers are correct

Theodore Roosevelt's famous charge in the battle of San Juan Hill, in the Spanish-American War,

All these answers are correct

In 1894, Jacob Corey and his supporters

Called for a public works program for the unemployed

In the campaign of 1896, William McKinley

Campaigned largely from his house

In the late nineteenth century, Democrats tended to attract greater numbers of

Catholics

The letter stolen in 1898 from Dupuy de Lôme, Spain's minister to Washington, was controversial because it

Described William McKinely as a weak president

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 with the case of the

Federal government's treatment of American Indians

American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from

Foreign crop failures

The Spanish-American War revealed to American military planners

The need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army

The Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish-American War

Transferred the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States

According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment,

the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba to protect life and property