CHAPTER 19 – From Crisis to Empire
1. THE POLITICS OF EQUILIBRIUM
a. The National Government
b. Presidents and Patronage
c. Cleveland, Harrison, and the Tariff
d. New Public Issues
2. THE AGRARIAN REVOLT
a. The Grangers
b. The Farmers’ Alliances
c. The Populist Constituency
d. Populist Ideas
3. THE CRISIS OF THE 1890s
a. The Panic of 1893
b. The Silver Question
4. “A CROSS OF GOLD”
a. The Emergence of Bryan
b. The Conservative Victory
c. McKinley and Recovery
5. STIRRINGS OF IMPERIALISM
a. The New Manifest Destiny
b. Hemispheric Hegemony
c. Hawaii and Samoa
6. WAR WITH SPAIN
a. Controversy over Cuba
b. “A Splendid Little War”
c. Seizing the Philippines
d. The Battle for Cuba
e. Puerto Rico and the United States
f. The Debate over the Philippines
7. THE REPUBLIC AS EMPIRE
a. Governing the Colonies
b. The Philippine War
c. The Open Door
d. A Modern Military System
Essential Terms
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FOCAL TERMS - The following terms are helpful in addressing the Key Concepts and Themes of the course.
The Spanish American War
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The American Experience - Andrew Carnegie (PBS)
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