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the chinese boxer rebellion of 1900 was directed at

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all foreigners in china

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Chester a Arthur

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supported the Pendleton act as part of civil service reform

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The man appointed to supervise a major overhaul of the Armed Forces was

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Elihu root

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The leader of Hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the American government upon annexation was

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queen Liliuokalani

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and his second term President Grover Cleveland

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followed policies similar to those of his first term

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The author of the influence of Sea power upon history believe the United States should

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take possession of the Hawaiian Islands

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throughout the late 19 century the federal government

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was relatively inactive

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in the 1888 election the position of primary importance to the Republican Party was

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support for high tariffs

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which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American war is false

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The US Army soldiers were well-equipped and supplied

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in the late 19 century United States in interest in Samoa saw competition from

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Germany

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

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Federal government's treatment of American Indians

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The bulk of US soldiers in the Spanish-American war came from

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National Guard units

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

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John hay

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in the late 19 century of veterans of the Civil War retired

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A majority of the black and white male population in the north receive federal pensions

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The letter stolen in 1898 from dupuy de lôme, Spain's minister to Washington, was controversial because it

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described William McKinley as a weak president

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the foraker act of 1900

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established an American colonial govt over Puerto Rico

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according to the terms of the 1901 platt amendment

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The United States have the right to intervene in Cuba to protect life and property

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The Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish-American war

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transferred the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States

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The Spanish-American war began primarily because of events in

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cuba

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The interstate commerce act of 1887

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all these answers are correct

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in the late 19 century Democrats tended to attract greater numbers of

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catholics

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The Spanish-American war revealed to American military planners

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the need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army

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an examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals

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voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential election was very high

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arguments used by social Darwinists in the United States to justify expansionism

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contended that all nations were engaged in a constant struggle to survive

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beginning in 1898 the American war in the Philippines

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lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths

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in the early stage of the Spanish-American war Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in

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Manila Harbor

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The author who called on the United States to increase its naval forces in his book the influence of Sea power upon history was

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Alfred T. Mahan

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criticisms within the United States regarding American colonialism included all the following major arguments except that

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The financial costs of administering colonies would require burdensome taxes

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The open door notes

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were directed to imperial powers in Europe and Asia

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The political battles between the stalwarts and half breeds constituted a fight

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between Republican traditionalists and reformers

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in the early 20th century Cuba

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was occupied by troops from the United States for years at a time

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Theodore Roosevelt's famous charge in the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American war

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all these answers are correct

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The Sherman antitrust act of 1890

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was indifferently forced and weakened by the courts

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Samual Burchard's rum Romanism and rebellion speech during the election of 1884 most hurt

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James G. Blaine

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in the early 1900s which American dependency did not receive territorial status

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Cuba

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The first civilian governor of the Philippines gave the Filipinos broad local autonomy was

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William Howard Taft

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prior to its annexation by the United states in 1898 Hawaii

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had witnessed revolutions staged by American planters

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in the late 19 century the most striking feature of the American party system was its

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remarkable stability

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The election of 1888

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involved clear differences on turf issues between the major parties

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America should be imperialistic because

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strengthens the economy. increases military power. civilizes rest of the world.

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what statement regarding the national Grange movement is false

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it was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s

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The farmers alliances

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were far more widespread than the Grange movement

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The election of 1892

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saw the debut of the People's party

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in 1892 the People's party called for

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A government network of crop warehouses

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The panic of 1893

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triggered the nations most severe depression up to that point

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in 1894 Jacob Coxey and his supporters

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called for a public works program for the unemployed

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to many middle-class Americans the major labor upheavals of the late 19th century

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were dangerous signs of social instability

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The Congressional law of 1873 that officially discontinued silver coinage

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became known to critics as the crime of 73

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The Sherman Silver purchase act of 1890 called for the federal government to

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purchase silver but not coin it

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as the Republican Party approached the 1896 election they were

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confident of victory

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The cross of gold speech was given in 1896 by

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William Jennings Bryan

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William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president in the 1896 election by the

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democrats

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in the campaign of 1896 William McKinley

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campaigned largely from his house

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in 1896 the major economic issue for William McKinley's administration was

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The need for higher tariffs rates

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American agriculture at the turn-of-the-century benefited from

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foreign crop failures

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