The Political System Under Strain
1869 Prohibition Party founded
Significant Events
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1875 First Farmers’ Alliance founded
1881 President James A. Garfield assassinated
1887 Interstate Commerce Commission created 1889 First Pan-American Congress 1890 Wyoming enters Union as first state to give
women the right to vote
1892 Populist Party formed 1896 William McKinley elected president 1898 War with Spain 1909 NAACP founded
Showing the World
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Columbian Exposition, 1893 Library of Congress
The Politics of Paralysis
Political Stalemate
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The Politics of Paralysis
The Parties Ethnic and religious factors
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The Politics of Paralysis
The Issues Pendleton Act McKinley Tariff Bland-Allison Act
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Origins of the Welfare State
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counter pointcounter
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The White House from Hayes to Harrison The dirty election of 1884 Political activism
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The Politics of Paralysis
Ferment in the States and Cities State commissions National Municipal League
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The Revolt of the Farmers
The Harvest of Discontent Targets of farm anger Hardships in the South
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The Revolt of the Farmers
The Origins of the Farmers’ Alliance Granger cases Southern Alliance
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The Revolt of the Farmers
The Alliance Peaks Mary E. Lease The People’s Party
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The Revolt of the Farmers
The Election of 1892 Longer-term weaknesses of the Populists
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The New Realignment
The Depression of 1893 Facing unemployment Attitudes towards the suffering
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The New Realignment
The Rumblings of Unrest Coxey’s Army The fall of Cleveland
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The New Realignment
The Battle of Standards Free Silver Cross of Gold Speech Republican coalition
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The New Realignment
The Battle of Standards
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The New Realignment
The Battle of Standards
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The New Realignment
The Rise of Jim Crow Politics Disfranchisement
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The New Realignment
The African American Response Ida B. Welles Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Du Bois NAACP
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The New Realignment
McKinley in the White House McKinley’s character Early successes
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Visions of Empire
European Expansion Worldwide
Ecological factorsForces encouraging American
imperialism
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Visions of Empire
European Expansion Worldwide
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Visions of Empire
The Shapers of American Imperialism Mahan calls for a strong navy Missionaries Social Darwinism Commercial factors
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Visions of Empire
The Shapers of American Imperialism
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Daily Lives
Time and Travel
The New Navy
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Pathfinder Fleet Library of Congress
Visions of Empire
Dreams of Commercial Empire William Henry Seward Acquisition of Midway and Alaska Blaine’s Pan-American Union The Venezuelan Boundary Dispute
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Visions of Empire
Prelude in the Pacific
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The Imperial Moment
Mounting Tensions The de Lôme Letter Sinking of the Maine Teller Amendment
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The Imperial Moment
The Imperial War Dewey at Manila
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The Imperial Moment
War in Cuba Racial tensions The Rough Riders
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The Imperial Moment
War in Cuba
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The Imperial Moment
Peace and Debate over Empire Annexing Hawaii Aguinaldo Anti-imperialists The role of racism
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The Imperial Moment
Peace and Debate over Empire
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The Imperial Moment
America’s First Asian War The Philippines Puerto Rico
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The Imperial Moment
An Open Door in China The open-door notes Boxer Rebellion Sense of mission
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