AMH2020 Midterm Pt. 2 Questions and Answers
Republican candidate for president in 1884,
quintessence of spoils system; highly disgusted the
James G. Blaine mugwumps (many Republicans turned to Democrat
Cleveland)
22nd and 24th president, Democrat, achieved the
Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service
Grover Cleveland reform, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897
Established the ICC (Interstate Commerce
Commission) - monitors the business operation of
Interstate Commerce Act carriers transporting goods and people between
states - created to regulate railroad prices
23rd President; 1889-1893, Republican, poor leader,
introduced the McKinley Tariff and increased federal
Benjamin Harrison spending to a billion dollars
raised tariffs to the highest level they had ever been.
Big business favored these tariffs because they
McKinley Tariff Act protected U.S. businesses from foreign competition.
In 1890, required the government to purchase an
Sherman Silver Purchase additional 4.5 million ounces of silver bullion each
Act month for use as currency.
an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and
Sherman Anti-Trust Act monopolies in the United States
Sharp economic downturn that began when the
railroad industry faltered during the early 1890s
Panic of 1893 followed by the collapse of many related industries
A party made up of farmers and laborers that wanted
direct election of senators and an 8hr working day
Populists
A Farmers' organization founded in late 1870s;
worked for lower railroad freight rates, lower interest
Farmers' Alliance rates, and a change in the governments tight money
policy
, AMH2020 Midterm Pt. 2 Questions and Answers
formed in 1892, the populist party was created by
farmers' alliances. The peoples' party supported the
Peoples' Party abolition of national banks and the government
ownership of railroads
the political doctrine that supports the rights and
powers of the common people in their struggle with
Populism the privileged elite
the 1892 platform of the Populist party repudiating
laissez-faire and demanding economic and political
Omaha Platform reform
25th president responsible for Spanish-American
War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of
William McKinley Hawaii, imperialism. Is assassinated by an anarchist
Democratic presidential candidate in 1896, advocated
William Jennings Bryan free silver
The US supported sugar planters in Hawaii who over
threw this and it was eventually annexed as a U.S.
Kingdom of Hawaii territory.
Queen of Hawaii who did not want America to take
Queen Liliukalani over Hawaii
In 1898, a conflict between the United States and
Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight
Spanish American War for independence
Caribbean island that U.S. supported it's fight for
Cuba independence
Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana
harbor and helps contribute to the start of the
USS Maine Spanish-American War
26th President. Increased size of Navy, "Great White
Fleet". Added Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe
Theodore Roosevelt Doctrine. "Big Stick" policy. Received Nobel Peace
Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war.
Republican candidate for president in 1884,
quintessence of spoils system; highly disgusted the
James G. Blaine mugwumps (many Republicans turned to Democrat
Cleveland)
22nd and 24th president, Democrat, achieved the
Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service
Grover Cleveland reform, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897
Established the ICC (Interstate Commerce
Commission) - monitors the business operation of
Interstate Commerce Act carriers transporting goods and people between
states - created to regulate railroad prices
23rd President; 1889-1893, Republican, poor leader,
introduced the McKinley Tariff and increased federal
Benjamin Harrison spending to a billion dollars
raised tariffs to the highest level they had ever been.
Big business favored these tariffs because they
McKinley Tariff Act protected U.S. businesses from foreign competition.
In 1890, required the government to purchase an
Sherman Silver Purchase additional 4.5 million ounces of silver bullion each
Act month for use as currency.
an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and
Sherman Anti-Trust Act monopolies in the United States
Sharp economic downturn that began when the
railroad industry faltered during the early 1890s
Panic of 1893 followed by the collapse of many related industries
A party made up of farmers and laborers that wanted
direct election of senators and an 8hr working day
Populists
A Farmers' organization founded in late 1870s;
worked for lower railroad freight rates, lower interest
Farmers' Alliance rates, and a change in the governments tight money
policy
, AMH2020 Midterm Pt. 2 Questions and Answers
formed in 1892, the populist party was created by
farmers' alliances. The peoples' party supported the
Peoples' Party abolition of national banks and the government
ownership of railroads
the political doctrine that supports the rights and
powers of the common people in their struggle with
Populism the privileged elite
the 1892 platform of the Populist party repudiating
laissez-faire and demanding economic and political
Omaha Platform reform
25th president responsible for Spanish-American
War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of
William McKinley Hawaii, imperialism. Is assassinated by an anarchist
Democratic presidential candidate in 1896, advocated
William Jennings Bryan free silver
The US supported sugar planters in Hawaii who over
threw this and it was eventually annexed as a U.S.
Kingdom of Hawaii territory.
Queen of Hawaii who did not want America to take
Queen Liliukalani over Hawaii
In 1898, a conflict between the United States and
Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight
Spanish American War for independence
Caribbean island that U.S. supported it's fight for
Cuba independence
Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana
harbor and helps contribute to the start of the
USS Maine Spanish-American War
26th President. Increased size of Navy, "Great White
Fleet". Added Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe
Theodore Roosevelt Doctrine. "Big Stick" policy. Received Nobel Peace
Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war.
