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34 Cards in this Set
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Benjamin Harrison |
23rd President; Republican, poor leader, introduced the McKinley Tariff and increased federal spending to a billion dollars |
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Grover Cleveland |
22nd and 24th president, Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes
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Foreign policy under Blaine |
Agressive attitudes to foreign policies |
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Samoan Islands |
Gave control of the harbor of Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila |
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Bering Sea |
Declared open sea, international agreement accepted the regulation of hunting seals so there extinction wasnt threatened |
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States that entered the Union |
North Dakota South Dakota Montana Washington Idaho Whyoming |
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Sherman AntiTrust act |
First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions |
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McKinley Tariff |
1890 tariff that raised protective tariff levels by nearly 50%, making them the highest tariffs on imports in the United States history |
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Sherman Silver |
Increased the amount of silver the gov. baught for coinage, but the money supply did not increase enough to satisfy silver supporters |
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Harrison's Navy |
spent billions of dollars on Navy defense became the 5th best navy in the world republicans said America was a billion $ country |
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Populist Party |
U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other monopolies
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Panic of 1893 |
Began because railroad companies over extended themselves McKinley tariff dried up revenue billion $s spent on Navy |
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Hawaii Incident |
McKinley tariff had affected sugar plantations in Hawaii, American in government position staged revolt agasint queen and put American in charge, the american in charge than asked to be annexed by the united states (1893) |
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Pendelton Act |
Law requiring people to take a civil service exam for certain government jobs
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Pullman Strike |
1894 - nonviolent strike (brought down the railway system in most of the West) at the Pullman Palace Car Co. over wages - President Cleveland shut it down because it was interfering with mail delivery and commerce
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Eugene Debbs |
President of socialism He was the president and the organizer of the American Railway Union. He organized the Pullman Strike |
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Samuel Gompers |
established the American Federation of Labor |
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American Federation of Labor |
A labor union formed in 1886 by Samuel Gompers in order to voice the working class (only highly skilled laborers). It fought against labor forces and debated work conditions for skilled workers. Utilized Strikes.
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knights of labor |
1st effort to create National union. Open to everyone but lawyers and bankers. Vague program, no clear goals, weak leadership and organization. Failed
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Greenback party |
Political party devoted to improving the lives of laborers and raising inflation, reaching its high point in 1878 when it polled over a million votes and elected fourteen members of Congress.
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William Mckinley |
1897-1901, Republican, supported gold standard, protective tariff, and Hawaiian Islands, against William Bryan (The Great Commoner), assassinated
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Marcus Hanna |
wealthy merchant who groomed McKinley to win presidential election |
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William Jennings Bryan |
Democrate Candidate supported free silver and agricultural interests |
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Spanish American War |
fight began in Manila Bay Surrender in Santiago began because yellow press insisted Spanish sunk the Maine |
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Teller Resolution |
United States agrees to not annex Cuba |
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white fleet |
Nickname for America's navy as it toured the world showing U.S. military strength.
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San Juan Hill |
where Teddy Roosevelt got famous |
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Treaty of Paris 1898 |
1) Spain gave up all claims on Cuba 2) United States got philippines 3) Spain ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to US |
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Emilio Aguinaldo |
Filipino leader who led Philippines against spain |
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William H. Taft |
appointed to set up civilian government at Manila |
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Foraker Act of 1900 |
Nickname for America's navy as it toured the world showing U.S. military strength.
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Platt Amendment |
Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble
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open door policy |
A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.
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Boxer Rebellion |
1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops.
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