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| cleveland predicts gold standard |
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-repealed sherman silver purchase act
-authorized treasury to obtain gold
-economy did not improve
-cleveland went down to trickle down theory |
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-williams j. bryans (d)
-william mckinley (R)
-bryan delivered 600 speeches
-271 vs. 176 ev |
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-industrial revolution
-european example
-darwinism
-military reasons |
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-treaty of 1875
-reduce sugar imports on hawaii
-1882 naval base at pearl harbor
-hawaii becomes state in 1959 |
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| venezuela boundary dispute |
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-GB&British had boundary dispute
-gold is discovered on borders
-GB gets territory
-s of s richard olney |
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| background of spanish american war |
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-spanish colony
-tried to buy cuba in ostend manifesto
-spain was hard on cuba
-wilson gorman tariff 1895 |
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| causes of spanish american war |
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-humanitarianism
-yellow journalism
-sinking uss maine
-new imperialism |
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-us would not annex cuba
-cuban independence
-congress passed this before fighting began
-platt ammendment |
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-comodore george dewey
-TR sent him to philipines
-6 war ships
-1 american died
-emilo aginaldo |
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-destroyed spanish fleet at santiago
-rough riders
-colonel leonard wood
-dr. walter reed found yellow fever in mosquitoe |
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-cuba was freed of spanish control
-got puerto rico and guam
-philipines for 20 mil
-wake island july 4th |
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yes- economic opportunity, ports for navy, spread democracy, manifest destiny
no- hard to control, mixing of culture, isolationism, greater chance at war |
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-3 year war with emilo aginaldo
-thousands died
-cost 175 mill
-william howard taft 1st governor of philippines |
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| cuba and platt amendment 1901 |
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-ammendment to the cuban constitution
-guantonomo bay
-allow us to intervine
-do not sign foregin treaties |
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| the opening of japan 1853-54 |
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-japan was in complete isolation
-commodore matthew c. perry
-signed treaty to allow americans use ports
-japan was transformed from agricultural to industrialist |
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-sos john hay sent letter to all countries claiming ports in china
-keep all treaty ports
-guarantee all nations equal rr, harbor tariff rates
-chinas territory and depence perserved |
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