Exam 20: Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

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Which of the following was not one of the reasons that many Americans in the 1880s and 1890s argued that the United States should take a more expansionist role in the world?

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Question 61

How did William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer change the newspaper industry?

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Question 62

What was the position of the Anti-Imperialist League?

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Question 63

Discuss the factors that shaped American politics in the late nineteenth century. How did politics function? Who voted for whom? What determined those voting patterns? How did economic conditions lead to a basic political realignment?

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Question 64

Which two issues dominated national politics in the 1870s and 1880s?

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Question 65

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. William McKinley

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Question 66

In the 1892 election, what happened to the Populist party?

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Question 67

Who became famous for the "Cross of Gold" speech in the 1896 presidential election?

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Question 68

Which of the following statements does not apply to the late nineteenth century relationship between the southern agrarian protest movement and southern attitudes toward blacks?

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Question 69

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: Philippine Islands

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Question 70

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Convict-lease system

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Question 71

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: Hawaii

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Question 72

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Anti-Imperialist League

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Question 73

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Election of 1892

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Question 74

Which of the following is associated with the administration of Benjamin Harrison?

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Question 75

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Plessy v. Ferguson

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Question 76

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Clara Barton

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Question 77

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. McKinley Tariff

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Question 78

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Wabash v. Illinois , Interstate Commerce Act

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Question 79

Why did Grangers focus their activism on the railroads?

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Exam 20: Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that many Americans in the 1880s and 1890s argued that the United States should take a more expansionist role in the world?

How did William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer change the newspaper industry?

What was the position of the Anti-Imperialist League?

Discuss the factors that shaped American politics in the late nineteenth century. How did politics function? Who voted for whom? What determined those voting patterns? How did economic conditions lead to a basic political realignment?

Which two issues dominated national politics in the 1870s and 1880s?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. William McKinley

In the 1892 election, what happened to the Populist party?

Who became famous for the "Cross of Gold" speech in the 1896 presidential election?

Which of the following statements does not apply to the late nineteenth century relationship between the southern agrarian protest movement and southern attitudes toward blacks?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: Philippine Islands

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Convict-lease system

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: Hawaii

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Anti-Imperialist League

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Election of 1892

Which of the following is associated with the administration of Benjamin Harrison?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Plessy v. Ferguson

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Clara Barton

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. McKinley Tariff

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Wabash v. Illinois , Interstate Commerce Act

Why did Grangers focus their activism on the railroads?

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