A Short History of the United States

176 a short history of the united states Party, by ordering an investigation into the allegedly corrupt patronage operation in t ...

Reconstruction and the Gilded Age 177 and various discriminatory laws regarding suffrage by which southern states effectively nu ...

178 a short history of the united states passenger fees. Members were particularly angry over the rates charged by the railroads ...

Reconstruction and the Gilded Age 179 (specie). Two of the more important regional groups were the Southern Alliance and the Nat ...

180 a short history of the united states As corruption mounted and monopolies abounded, the electorate became more vocal in thei ...

Reconstruction and the Gilded Age 181 Irish-Americans. Harrison took 233 electoral votes to Cleveland’s 168. But the pop ular vo ...

182 a short history of the united states on July 4 , 1890 , whereupon the Senate approved the McKinley Tariff Act and President ...

Reconstruction and the Gilded Age 183 That explanation hardly satisfied the electorate, who showed their displeasure by voting D ...

184 a short history of the united states for President, and James G. Field of Virginia for Vice President. Their platform called ...

Reconstruction and the Gilded Age 185 To stanch the hemorrhage of gold, Cleveland called Congress into special session and asked ...

186 a short history of the united states for a gold standard “by saying to them: You shall not press upon the brow of labor this ...

7 Manifest Destiny, Progressivism, War, and the Roaring Twenties A s the united States experienced the rapid growth of business ...

188 a short history of the united states Jr., has shown, this expanded railroad system required professional man- agers, enginee ...

Manifest Destiny, Progressivism, War, and the Roaring Twenties 189 expansion with the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 180 ...

190 a short history of the united states 1845 by John L. O’Sullivan, editor of the Demo cratic Review, who said that “Providence ...

Manifest Destiny, Progressivism, War, and the Roaring Twenties 191 though proof of Spain’s guilt already existed. Growled one Co ...

192 a short history of the united states demnity. It also surrendered the Philippine Islands in return for $ 20 million. Preside ...

Manifest Destiny, Progressivism, War, and the Roaring Twenties 193 government for the islands and promised early inde pendence. ...

194 a short history of the united states were high on the list of what needed reform, along with certain busi- ness practices kn ...

Manifest Destiny, Progressivism, War, and the Roaring Twenties 195 across the Isthmus of Panama. When native Panamanians, aided ...