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History 1302

Week Five Assignment

1. ____________________________ were generally hurt by high tariffs.

2. One of the biggest problems farmers faced was falling _______________ _________________,caused in part by overproduction.

3. The Farmers Alliances accepted female and ___________________ members.

4. Farmers saw __________________________ and food processors as the main enemies topotential success in the agriculture industry.

5. The _________________ was created to deal with the isolation of farm folks.

6. In 1875, out of the independent political movements, grew a party calling itself the IndependentNational party, or more commonly known as the ____________________ party.

7. Unlike the Grange, which was a national organization that tended to attract larger and moreprosperous farmers, the _____________________ was a grassroots organization that wouldbecome the largest and most dynamic farmers movement in American history.

8. ____________________ ____________________________ ______________________ was ayoung fiery Populist speaker from Kansas who viewed the urban-industrial East as the enemy of

the working class.

9. ______________________ ___________________________ took the lead in urging AfricanAmerican tenant farmers and sharecroppers to join their white counterparts in ousting the white

political elite.

10.While the farmers were funneling their discontent into politics and businessmen wereconsolidating their holdings, a fundamental weakness in the ____________________ was about

to cause a major collapse.

11._________________ and _____________________ coinage simply meant that owners ofprecious metals could have any quantity of their gold or silver coined free, except for a nominal

fee to cover costs.

12.One of the causes of the 1893 depression was the failure of a major _______________________________________ which had led many British investors to sell their American holdings

in return for gold.

13.William Seward targeted __________________________ _____________________ in order toremove all foreign interests from the northern Pacific coast to gain access to the regions valuable

ports.

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14.Extraterritoriality in Samoa meant that Americans were subject only to ________________________________________.

15.The debate over Hawaii centered around the U.S. interest in __________________ on theHawaiian Islands.

16.According to the textbook, President Teddy Roosevelt allowed torture in the Philippine Islandsbecause he believed that the U.S. army was bringing peace and order and _________________ to

the Philippines.

17.Andrew Carnegie and Samuel Gompers were two prominent Americans who were a part of the_______________________ ________________________.

18.The debate over imperialism was won by the _____________________.

19.Puerto Rico became a _________________________ in 1952 with its own constitution andelected official. Like a state, Puerto Rico is free to change its constitution insofar as it does not

conflict with the U.S. constitution.

20.Dr. __________________ _________________ discovered that Yellow Fever was carried bymosquitoes.