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Chapter Twenty. Commonwealth and Empire, 1870–1900. Part One:. Introduction. Chapter Focus Questions . What characterized the growth of federal and state governments and the consolidation of the modern two-party system? How did mass protest movements develop? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter Twenty
Commonwealth and Empire, 1870–1900
Part One:
Introduction
Chapter Focus Questions What characterized the growth of federal and state governments and the consolidation of the modern two-party system?How did mass protest movements develop?What was the economic and political crisis of the 1890s? How did the United States develop as a world power?What were the causes and outcomes of the Spanish-American War?
Part Two:
American Communities
The Cooperative Commonwealth Looking Backward
People enjoyed short workdays, long vacations, and retired at age 45.
The Point Loma community.
Part Three:
Toward a National Governing Class
The Growth of Government
Government grows.Government changes.Taxes increased.
The Machinery of Politics
Departmental bureaucracy.Legislatures’ power. Political adaptationSpoils system
The Spoils System and Civil Service Reform
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act Circuit Court of Appeals Act of 1891.
Part Four:
Farmers and Workers Organize Their Communities
The Grange
Farmers, workers movements.The Grange.“Thieves in the night.”
The Farmers’ Alliance National Farmers Alliance and Industrial UnionNorthern Plains farmer organizations .Railroad influence. A major power.
Workers Search for Power “Great Uprising” Stronger unions. Henry George.Labor parties.Map: Strikes by State 1880
Women Build Alliances Women, labor, agrarian protest. The Knights. Grange and Alliances. Frances E. Willard.
Populism and the People’s Party
People’s Party. People’s Party platformPopulists.
Part Five:
The Crisis of the 1890s
The Depression of 1893
Major depression. Full recovery-- early 1900s. Jacob Coxey.
Strikes: Coeur d’Alene, Homestead, and Pullman
Strikes.Idaho violenceHomestead steel plant. Pullman, Illinois:
The Social Gospel
“Social gospel”. “What would Jesus do?” Catholic Church.Immigrant Catholic s. YWCA.
The Free Silver Issue
Grover Cleveland. Currency issues.Money debate.
Populism's Last Campaign
Populists. Silver advocates. Strong gains 1894. Fusion ticket.William McKinley.
The Election of 1896
Map: Election of 1896Bryan winsPopulists disappeared.Democrats minority party. McKinley pro-business, expansionist . Prosperity=Republican control.
Part Six:
The Age of Segregation
Nativism and Jim Crow
Chart: African American Representation in CongressRacism and nativism.Nativists. White supremacy.Reformers accepted segregation.
FIGURE 20.1 African American Representation in Congress, 1867–1900 Black men served in the U.S. Congress from 1870 until 1900. All were Republicans.
Mob Violence and Lynching
Racial violence..Lynchings.Ida B. Wells.
Part Seven:
“Imperialism of Righteousness”
The White Man’s Burden
New markets.New frontiers.Chicago World’s Fair:“White Man’s Burden.”Josiah Strong.
Foreign Missions
MissionaryMissionaries.
An Overseas Empire
Map: “An American Domain”Expansion. Seward. Economic control.Navy.
Hawaii
Hawaii.Asian markets. Open Door.
Part Eight:
The Spanish-American War
The United States and Cuba
Cuba independence.Cuban revolutionaries.USS Maine.
A “Splendid Little War” in Cuba
Map: The Spanish-American War“A splendid little war.” Platt Amendment.Annexation.
War in the Philippines
Philipines.Rebellion. 1 in 5 die.
Critics of Empire
Anti-Imperialist LeagueDemocracy, racism.Aggressive nationalism.