Exam 19: From Crisis to Empire Key

In 1899,supporters of the annexation of the Philippines argued the United States had set a precedent for taking land while treating its inhabitants as dependents with the case of the

What statement regarding the national Grange movement is FALSE?

The Democratic National Convention of 1896 saw the party attempt to incorporate some Populist demands into its platform.

In 1894,Jacob Coxey and his supporters

In the early twentieth century,Cuba

American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from

In the campaign of 1896,William McKinley

Beginning in 1898,the American war in the Philippines

What were the major consequences of the Spanish-American War for Cuba?

In the last few months leading up to war with Spain,President McKinley sought to involve the United States in the conflict in Cuba.

For many middle-class Americans,the major labor upheavals of the late nineteenth century

The election of 1892

Why may one say the Spanish-American War marked the "birth" of the United States as an international power?

In the late nineteenth century,the most striking feature of the American party system was its

The American politician who referred to the Spanish-American conflict as "a splendid little war" was

Alan Brinkley characterizes the war in the Philippines as the “least remembered of all American wars.” Why would this be the case for this war?

In the late nineteenth century,Democrats tended to attract greater numbers of

The Farmers' Alliances

President Cleveland generally questioned the wisdom of protective tariffs.

Trace the technological developments in communication that affected newspapers between the age of the "penny press" and the rise of "yellow journalism."