One of the root causes of the major strike at the Pullman plant in 1893 was
the company's attempts to control the work process.
Why did the American temperance movement attract women in the late nineteenth century?
Drunkenness adversely affected women in many ways.
Which of the following describes the relationship between the Southern Farmers' Alliance and the Colored Farmers' Alliance?
They attempted to make common cause.
Which event led to the end of the Pullman strike of 1893?
The courts issued an injunction leading to the imprisonment of Eugene Debs.
What issues formed the basis of farmers' dissatisfaction in the late nineteenth century?
Banking, railroading, and speculation
How did the federal government respond when American sugar interests requested that the United States annex Hawai'i in 1893?
President Grover Cleveland withdrew the annexation request from Congress when he learned that Hawaiians opposed it.
By 1900, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) could claim credit for
providing a generation of women with experience in political action.
What did the United States hope to secure through the Spanish-American War?
Cuban independence from Spain
What was one outcome of the depression of 1893 in the United States?
It put nearly half of the labor force out of work.
What was the impact of the 1896 election on the Populist party?
The Populist party was the biggest loser.
How did the Populists propose to help American farmers in the 1890s?
They recommended creating a government-sponsored subtreasury.
What made America's foreign policy paradoxical in 1900?
The country wanted to keep the Western Hemisphere closed to outside influences yet also desired access to Asia.
For what reason was it difficult for the United States to win control of the Philippines after 1898?
Filipino revolutionaries fought against the United States for seven years.
The 1898 Treaty of Paris that ended the war with Spain ceded which islands to the United States?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
What were the chief priorities of American diplomacy at the end of the nineteenth century?
The protection of the Monroe Doctrine and Open Door Policy from German and Japanese expansion into the Pacific and Asia
What happened after the governor of Pennsylvania ordered 8,000 National Guard troops into Homestead?
Frick reopened the mill using strikebreakers for labor.
At the St. Louis People's party convention in 1896, the Populist delegates decided to
nominate Tom Watson for vice president.
Which of the following describes the National Woman Suffrage Association, which Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed in 1869?
It demanded the vote for women.
Which one of the United States allowed women to vote in 1890?
Wyoming
Suffragists suffered a bitter defeat in 1896 when a referendum on woman suffrage failed in which state?
California
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