Chapter 17 Freedom's Boundaries, Home and Abroad
Republicans presidential candidate William McKinley
Argued in favor of the gold standard
The New South as promoted by Henry Grady
Attempted to appeal to northern business interests but failed to bring prosperity to the region
The Platt Amendment was passed as part of a 1901 Army Appropriations Bill that
Authorized the United States to intervene militarily in Cuba
Supporters of the Anti-Imperialist League
Believed that American energies should be directed at home not abroad
Who migrated to Kansas during the Kansas Exodus
Blacks
The Spanish-American War
Brought the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico under the U.S. control
The new immigrants
Came from southern and eastern Europe
The 1894 Pullman Strike
Collapsed when union leaders were jailed
The "White Man's burden"
Comes from a poem by Rudyard Kipling
Booker T. Washington
Encouraged blacks to adjust to segregation and abandon the push for civil rights
The People's Party
Evolved out of the Farmer's Alliance
Which was NOT part of the Populist Platform: -A graduated income tax -Direct election of U.S. Senators -Government ownership of railroads -Higher tariffs -Workers' right to form unions
Higher tariffs
The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
Moved form demanding prohibition of alcohol to pushing for women's right to vote
All of the following were used by southern whites to maintain domination over blacks EXCEPT -Racial segregation -Disenfranchisement -Limiting economic opportunities -Inferior education -Outlawing the use of black female domestic workers in white homes
Outlawing the use of black female domestic workers in white homes
William Jennings Bryan
Ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform
The silver issue
Refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money
Founded in 1886, the American Federation of Labor
Restricted membership to only skilled workers
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court
Ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations were constitutional
The Farmers' Alliance
Sought to improve conditions through cooperatives
President William McKinley justified U.S. annexation of the Philippines on all of the following grounds EXCEPT -The United States needed to civilize Filipinos -The United States needed the islands for business and trade -The United Sates believed the Filipinos were not ready for self-government -The United Sates needed to christianize the Filipinos -The United States needed to ensure that the Philippines became an independent democracy
The United States needed to ensure that the Philippines became an independent democracy
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint revolution of Congress that authorized the President to use military force to end hostilities in Cuba with the understanding that
The United States would not annex Cuba
Farmers believed that their plight derived from all of the following EXCEPT: -High freight rates charged by railroads -Excessive interest rates for loans from bankers -The High tariff policies of the Federal Government -The fiscal policy that reduced the supply of money in the economy -The free and unlimited coinage of silver
The free and unlimited coinage of silver
How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894
To help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners
In his Atlanta speech of 1895, Booker T. Washington
Urged blacks to accept segregation
At the end of the 19th century, lynching
WAs an act of violence directed mostly at black men
American territorial expansionism
Was a feature of American life since well before independence
The Philippine War
Was far longer and bloodier than the Spanish-American War
After the 1890s, American expansionism
Was fueled in part by the need to stimulate American exports
The severe depression of 1893
Was marked by high and long-term unemployment, exemplified by Coxey's Army
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people fro entering the United States
Which statement about the 1896 election is FALSE -William McKinley's victory ended the political stalemate that had persisted since 1876 -The Populist party declined after the election -The election is considered the first modern presidential campaign -William McKinley's campaign raised millions of dollars compared to William Jennings Bryan's coffer, which was less than 500,000 dollars -William Jennings Bryan lost because he supported the gold standard
William Jennings Bryan lost because he supported the gold standard
Journalists who worked for newspapers like William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal, which sensationalized events to sell papers, were called
Yellow journalists
