AP-Chapter 19

From Crisis to Empire

Vocabulary/Key Terms/Key People

  1. Pendleton Act11. George Dewey
  2. Sherman Antitrust Act12. Emilio Aguinaldo
  3. Farmers’ Alliances13. William Howard Taft
  4. Free Silver14. Boxer Rebellion
  5. Coxey’s Army
  6. Specie
  7. William Jennings Bryan
  8. Queen Liliuokalani
  9. Yellow journalism
  10. Dupuy de Lome

Questions

  1. To whom did the Republican and Democratic Parties appeal to in the late 1900s?
  2. Contrast the Stalwarts with the Half-Breeds.
  3. Explain how events in Ocala, Florida and Omaha, Nebraska helped form the People’s Party.
  4. What were some of the ideas held by the People’s Party (Populists)?
  5. Why would big bankers be against the “free and unlimited coinage of silver” and why would farmers and silver-mine owners be in favor of the “free and unlimited coinage of silver?”
  6. How did the Democrats’ support of free silver and nomination of Bryan “steal the Populists’ thunder?”
  7. What did William Jennings Bryan do while running for president that was unprecedented?
  8. What effect did the Election of 1896 have on the People’s Party (Populists)?
  9. Name at two reasons as to why many Americans began to consider the possibility of acquiring new colonies.
  10. What did Alfred T. Mahan urge the U.S. to do to become a great power?
  11. Briefly describe how the U.S. took control over Hawaii.
  12. Describe Cuban-Spanish relations in Cuba during the 1890s.
  13. Why did the Maine actually blow up? How was it portrayed to have blown up? How did this portrayal lead to a declaration of war?
  14. Describe some of the difficulties in mobilizing the army for war in Cuba.
  15. What were the terms of the armistice (later part of the Treaty of Paris of 1898) that ended the Spanish-American War?
  16. Describe how the Foraker Act and the Jones Act impacted Puerto Ricans.
  17. Why did President McKinley insist on annexing the Philippines rather than returning them to Spain or granting the islands independence?
  18. What were the terms under the Platt Amendment?
  19. Describe American war tactics against the Filipinos in the Philippines. Describe Filipino tactics used against Americans in the Philippines. What are your thoughts on this?
  20. After Aguinaldo declared allegiance to the U.S. and the fighting in the Philippines stopped, how did American actions change in the Philippines?
  21. Why were Americans fearful of increasing European and Japanese influence in China?
  22. What were John Hay’s “Open Door notes” and how did the other foreign nations in China initially respond to them?