Chapter 17: Freedom's Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900 (Matching)

Eugene Debs

President of the American Railway Union

Alfred T. Mahan

Promoted American expansion via a navy

William Jennings Bryan

Advocate of free silver

Booker T. Washington

Advocated vocational training for blacks

Frances Willard

Believed politics was a place for women

Emilio Aguinaldo

Led the Filipino insurrection

Samuel Gompers

Pioneered "business unionism"

James Weaver

Populist Party presidential candidate

Plessy v. Ferguson

Separate but equal

John Marshall Harlan

Supreme Court Justice

The election of 1896: a. Is sometimes called the first modern presidential campaign b. saw little campaigning by the candidates c. focused on race issues d. had a low voter turnout e. was a decisive victory for the interests of labor

a. Is sometimes called the first modern presidential campaign

The People's Party a. evolved out of the Farmers' Alliance b. attracted only workers c. attracted only farmers d. represented the interests of big business e. did little to spread their message

a. evolved out of the Farmers' Alliance

William McKinley

annexed the Philippines

Insular Cases

argued that the Constitution did not apply to new territories

William Jennings Bryan a. wrote utopian novels b. ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform c. argued in favor of the gold standard d. ran as a Republican and a Populist in 1896 e. was especially popular in the Northeast

b. ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform

How were federal troops used in the Pullman Strike of 1894? a. As moderators between the employees and employers b. to help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners c. They were not used at all d. as workers themselves, to replace the striking workers e. As spies, such as an early Federal Bureau of Investigation

b. to help suppress the strikers on behalf of the owners

Kansas Exodus

blacks migrated out of the South

Republican presidential candidate William McKinley: a. was a stage actor of some renown b. ran for president in 1896 on the free silver platform c. argued in favor of the gold standard d. lost to Bryan in 1896 e. was especially popular in the South

c. argued in favor of the gold standard

The Populist platform: a. called for the end of democratic government b. supported the interests of big business c. called for public ownership of railroads d. appeal only to industrial workers e. appealed only to farmers

c. called for public ownership of railroads

The silver issue: a. has little support from Democrat William Jennings Bryan b. divided the Republican Party during the 1892 election c. refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money d. had dissipated from American politics by the 1896 election e. united Democrats and republicans

c. refers to the fight to increase the money supply by minting silver money

The Farmers' Alliance: a. successfully worked with banks b. was subsidized by the railroad industry c. sought to improve the conditions through cooperatives d. achieved its goals and disbanded shortly after its founding e. was limited only to the northeast

c. sought to improve the conditions through cooperatives

WCTU

campaigned for temperance

Which statement about the People's Party is FALSE? a. It emerged from the Farmers Alliance in the 1890s and claimed to speak for all the "producing classes" b. It embarked on a remarkable effort of community organization and educaiton c. Its platform of 1892 remains a classic document of American reform, advocating radical ideas of the day such as graduated income tax and increased democracy d. It emerged as an urban, middle-class vehicle for social, economic, and political reform e. It sought to rethink the relationship between freedom and government in order to address the crisis of the 1890s

d. It emerged as an urban, middle-class vehicle for social, economic, and political reform

The 1894 Pullman Strike: a. was remarkably peaceful b. was a victory for labor c. had no impact on rail service d. collapsed when union leaders were jailed e. was supported by president Cleveland

d. collapsed when union leaders were jailed

Which was NOT part of the Populist platform? a. a graduated income tax b. direct election of U.S. senators c. government ownership of railroads d. higher tariffs e. Workers' right to form unions

d. higher tariffs

The Populists: a. excluded women b. excluded blacks c. elected their candidate, James Weaver, for president in 1892 d. relied on women orators such as Mary Elizabeth Lease e. Elected no candidates to Congress in 1892

d. relied on women orators such as Mary Elizabeth Lease

Which statement about the 1896 election is FALSE? a. William McKinley's victory ended the political stalemate that hate persisted since 1876 b. The Populist Party declined after the election c. The election is considered the first modern presidential campaign d. McKinley's campaign raised millions of dollars compared to Bryan e. William Jennings Bryan lost because he supported the gold standard

e. William Jennings Bryan lost because he supported the gold standard

The severe depression of 1893: a. was quickly over, and the economy was soo booming b. caused little if any hardship c. affected only factory workers d. was a period in which labor and capital looked for compromise e. led to increased conflict between capital and labor

e. led to increased conflict between capital and labor

Farmers believed that their plight derived from all of the following EXCEPT: a. high freight rates charged by railroads b. excessive interest rates for loans from bankers c. the high tariff policies of the federal government d. The fiscal policy that reduced the supply of money in the economy e. the free and unlimited coinage of silver.

e. the free and unlimited coinage of silver.

Open Door

effort to keep free trade in China

Page Act

excluded Chinese women from entering the United States

Disenfranchisement

excluded from voting

Jose Marti

fomented a revolution in Cuba

Theodore Roosevelt

fought with rough riders

United States v. Wong Kim Ark

gave Asians citizenship under Fourteenth Amendment

Homestead Strike

labor unrest at a Carnegie steel mill

Populist Party

politically active farmers

Teller Amendment

the US was not to annex Cuba

Liberty Tracts

warned that empire was incompatible with democracy