Chapter 19
Which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American War is FALSE?
Us army soldiers were well supplied and equipped
An examination of American voters in the late 19th century reveals what?
Voter turnout for both presidential and non presidential elections was very high
The Sherman antitrust act of 1890...
Was indifferently enforced and weakened by the courts
The first civilian governor of the Philippines, who gave Filipinos broad local autonomy, was
William Howard Taft
In the early twentieth century, Cuba
was occupied by troops from the United States for years at a time.
In the 1896 election the Republican Party was...
Confident of victory
In the early 1900s, which American dependency did NOT receive territorial status?
Cuba
The man appointed to supervise a major overhaul of the armed forces was
Elihu root
The election of 1888...
Involved clear differences on tariff issues between the major parties
What statement about the grange is false
It was strengthened by the end of the economic depression
The American politician who referred to the Spanish-American conflict as "a splendid little war" was
John Hay
In the early stage of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in
Manila Harbor
The bulk of U.S. soldiers in the Spanish-American War came from
National guards
In the late 19th century democrats tended to attract greater numbers of?
Protestants
Sherman silver purchase act called for the government to do what?
Purchase silver but not coin it
Throughout the late 19th century, the federal government was what?
Relatively inactive
The most striking feature of the American Party system was what?
Remarkable stability
The political battles between Stalwarts and half breeds constituted a fight between what?
Republican traditionalists and reformers
Arguments used by Social Darwinists in the United States to justify expansionism
Said that all nations were in a constant struggle to survive
The election of 1892...
Saw the debut of the people's party
The author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History believed the United States
Should take possession of the Hawaii islands
In 1892 the people's party called for
A government network of crop warehouses
As veterans of the civil war retired....
A majority of the black and white males in the north received federal pensions
In 1894, Jacob Coxey 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 1896 presidential election, William Jennings Bryan ran on which party's ticket?
Democrats
American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from
Foreign crop failure
Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898, Hawaii
Had witnessed a revolution staged by American planters
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 Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1900 was directed at
The foreigners in China
In 1896, the major economic issue for William McKinley's administration was
The need for higher tariff rates
The Foraker Act of 1900
established an American colonial government over Puerto Rico
Beginning in 1898, the American war in the Philippines
lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths
According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment,
the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba to protect life and property.
The Spanish-American War revealed to American military planners
the need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army
