Chapter 19: A Troubled Nation Expands Outward
1893-1901

     I. Domestic Issues
          A. Panic of 1893
               1. consequences
               2. Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed
               3. Wilson-Gorman Tariff
               4. Coxey's Army
               5. Pullman Strike
          B. Plessy v Ferguson
          C. Election of 1896
               1. Populist dilemma
               2. William Jennings Bryan vs William McKinley

     II. Achieving World Power
          A. the Cuban problem
          B. Sinking of the Maine
               1. Teller Amendment
          C. the Philippines
          D. "A Splendid Little War"
          E. Treaty and Imperialism
          F. Philippine War
          G. China and the Open Door Policy

Key Terms

     Sherman Silver Purchase Act
     Wilson-Gorman Tariff
     Coxey's Army
     Pullman Strike
     Eugene V. Debs
     Plessy v Ferguson
     William Jennings Bryan
     Cross of Gold
     William McKinley
     yellow journalism
     Maine
     Teller Amendment
     Admiral Dewey
     Rough Riders
     "Smoked Yankees"
     San Juan Hill
     Platt Amendment
     Boxer Rebellion
     John Hay

Study Questions

     1. What caused the Panic of 1893 and how did President Cleveland deal with it?

     2. The Pullman Strike was one of the major turning points for the labor movement in America.  What were the events of the Pullman Strike and what was the final outcome?

     3. What were the events which led to the Spanish-American War?

     4. Describe the events of the Spanish American War and the terms of the treaty that ended it.

     5. Explain America's Open Door Policy with China.  Why did we think it was necessary?  What was one result of our actions?