The Farmers Revolt
Labor Wars
Depression Politics
The United States and the World
War and Empire
100
What famous railroad labor union did the Farmers Alliance reach out to?
Knights of Labor
100
The 1893 Strike in which the WFM faced off against the Colorado mine owners.
What is the Cripple Creek Miners' Strike
100
What was the famous speech delivered by Williams Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic Convention?
Cross of Gold Speech
100
The response in China in 1900 to European and American Christian missionaries.
What is the Boxer Uprising (Rebellion)?
100
The US armored cruiser which propelled America into the Spanish-American War.
What was the USS Maine?
200
What was the political third party which formed out of the Farmers Alliance?
Populist Party
200
1892 labor dispute which took place in one of Andrew Carnegie's Pennsylvania steel mills.
What is Homestead Lockout?
200
What was the reason for Coxey's Army?
Urge Congress to enact a public works program to end unemployment.
200
What is Seward's Folly, and why was it called that?
- The purchase of Alaska in 1868 from Russia. - It was believed to be a terrible purchase at the time.
200
How many days did the Spanish-American War last?
114 days?
300
Who were the "wicked witches" of the East and West to the farmers and populist?
Eastern bankers and Western Merchants
300
Name the detective agency that Henry Frick hired, and the name given to fight over the Homestead steel plant.
1) Pinkerton Detective Agency 2) Battle of Fort Frick
300
Who were the parties and the candidates and victor involved in the 1896 Presidential Election?
Republican- William McKinley Democratic/Populist- Williams Jennings Bryan
300
What is the Monroe Doctrine? (3 Things)
-U.S. policy adopted in 1823. - Stated that the Western hemisphere was closed to European colonization. - Cornerstone of future U.S. foreign policy
300
What is Yellow Journalism?
is a type of journalism that presents very little researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.
400
What were the 3 groups that made up the Farmers Alliance.
1) Northwestern Farmers Alliance 2) Southern Farmers Alliance 3) Colored Farmers Alliance
400
What is the significance of the strike in Colorado involving the WFM?
First time troops were used to keep the peace rather than put down the strike as if it was an insurrection.
400
What was the significance of Coxey's March?
Proves that citizens can influence politics outside the two party system.
400
What was the importance of Hawaii to America?
- Gain access to Hawaiian sugar without being forced to pay the high tariff. - Establish a US Naval base in the Pacific (Pearl Harbor).
400
Why was Cuban independence important to the US?
- During the Cuban rebellion trade with Cuba ceased. - The US was interested in acquiring Spanish colonies in the Pacific.
500
What are three of the four reasons farmers were forced to come together, and form alliances in the late 1800's?
1) Falling Prices 2) Rising Railroad Rates 3) Insufficient Currency 4) Credit System Dominated by Eastern Interest.
500
What did the events of the Pullman strike prove to workers?
Workers had little recourse when the government sided with industrialists' property rights.
500
Populist set the domestic political agenda for the US in the coming decade, such as..... Name 3 of the 4.
1) Banking Reform 2) Currency Reform 3) Electoral Reform 4) Enlarged Role of the Federal Government
500
What was the significance of the Open Door Policy?
The US managed to secure access to Chinese markets, expanding its influence without acquiring foreign territory.
500
What treaty end the Spanish-American War, and what did the US receive in the treaty?
- Treaty of Paris - The territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
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