Ch. 20 Prompts 1. Some of the conflicts that arose during the 1890s depression ranged from increased rural hostility towards the cities‚ fluctuating opinions on government‚ unemployment and reform. The debate over currency was very heated as well. Farmers were aggravated with the fact that they didn’t get their fair share of economic and social benefits. The public demanded reform and a larger role for the president. The alignment of these political issues along with the government itself led
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Name _________________________________________________ Date ____________________________ DBQ 15: NEW IMPERIALISM: CAUSES Historical Context Between 1870 and 1920‚ the rate of European imperialism increased. This was due to economic‚ political‚ and social forces. The Industrial Revolution stirred the ambitions of European nations. The advances in technology allowed these nations to spread their control over the less-developed areas of the world. Historians have studied this empirebuilding
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consumer protection.[1] Thus‚ it aimed at helping middle class citizens and involved attacking plutocracy and bad trusts while at the same time protecting business from the most extreme demands of organized labor. In contrast to his predecessor William McKinley‚ Roosevelt was a Republican who believed in government action to mitigate social evils‚ and as president denounced “the representatives of predatory wealth” as guilty of “all forms of iniquity from the oppression of wage workers to defrauding the
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passes the Sherman Antitrust Act 1893: Diminished US gold reserve triggers the panic of 1893 1894: President Cleveland sends federal troops to Illinois to end the Pullman strike 1896: William McKinley is elected president 1896: William Jennings Bryan runs for president 1900: William McKinley is reelected Westward Expansion Native Americans vs. Settlers :Sand Creek :Cheyenne thought they were under protection of the US gov. :General S.R. Curtis - want to peace until Indians suffer
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as foreigners from afar came to visit this grand celebration‚ which sadly only lasted six months. The city of Nashville hosted this combination world’s fair‚ industrial exposition‚ and county fair‚ and state history celebration. President William McKinley‚ hosted this assortment of celebrations. I don’t know why it fascinated me so much‚ but just to see Nashville host something this extravagant and mind-blowing‚ makes me proud to call Nashville my home. Many expositions were held during the six-month
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Yannic Tschaitschian January 11‚ 2008 Mrs. Shelton 4th Block Honors History Ten Days That Shaped America 1) May 26‚ 1637-The Mystic Massacre of the Pequot War On May 26‚ 1637‚ English settlers under Captain John Mason‚ and Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to a Pequot fort near the Mystic River. The fort only had two entrances‚ and anybody that tried to flee the fort was shot by awaiting enemies. The only Pequots that survived were those who had followed their sachem Sassacus in
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Chapter 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1. The Native Americans originally resigned in the Great West. The boundaries were established in tribes along the Great West. 2. The Indian wars in the West were often savage clashes. Colonel Chivington’s militia massacred Indians at Sand Creek‚ Colorado in 1864.In 1866 a Sioux war party attempted to block construction of the Bozeman Trail and they ambushed Fetterman’s command and the Indians left not a single survivor. 3. The spread
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Theodore Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address On September 6‚ 1901‚ President William McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo‚ New York. Theodore Roosevelt took over the presidency on September 14‚ 1901 in Buffalo. He did not give his inaugural address until 1905 when he would start his second term as president. He gave his speech in the capital of the United States‚ Washington D.C. In his speech‚ Theodore Roosevelt mainly spoke about how Americans should be pro-imperialism
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Thomas Nast Horace Greeley Jay Cooke Roscoe Conkling James G. Blaine Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel Tilden James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Winfield S. Hancock Charles J. Guiteau Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Thomas Reed William McKinley James B. Weaver Tom Watson Adlai E. Stevenson William Jennings Bryan J. P. Morgan Define and state the historical significance of the following: soft/cheap money hard/sound money contraction resumption Gilded Age spoils system crop-lien
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Alaska and Hawaii The vacation is a free time which people usually spend with family or friends in exotic country. However‚ before the tourists choose destination‚ they pay attention to several aspects‚ such as accomodations‚ environment‚ transportation‚ climate as well as natural beauty. A lot of people are considering vacation in Hawaii‚ other people prefer spending their free time in Alaska. Therefore‚ I want to present a comparison of vacation in Alaska and Hawaii‚ which will reveal similarity
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