James Garfield

Ulysses Grant

Grover Cleveland

William McKinley

William Jennings Bryan

William McKinley

Benjamin Harrison

Grover Cleveland

Looks

Merit

Gender

Race

It was needed because Chester Arthur was a "Stalwart" and he thought patronage needed to end.

It was needed because many Americans came to believe patronage was corrupt.

It was needed because James Garfield appointed many of his Civil War veterans to federal jobs and some of them did not care how well they worked.

It was needed because Grover Cleveland was running on a platform that he would end patronage if elected president.

1893

1873

1894

1886

Railroads offered rebates to large freight shippers.

Railroads charge more per mile for long distance hauls.

Railroads could charge more from large corporations and did so.

Railroads favored small farmers who shipped little freight.

a lack of paper bills in the money supply

high railroad rates

a lack of big business

a lack of silver in circulation

William McKinley

Grover Cleveland

Eugene V. Debs

William Jennings Bryan

Mitchell, SD

Minneapolis, MN

Omaha, NE

Topeka, KS

He supported patronage.

He was opposed to patronage.

He joined the Democratic Party.

He supported the Pendleton Act.

Garfield was a “Stalwart” and someone who opposed patronage shot him.

Garfield was a “Halfbreed” and someone who felt they should have had a job killed him.

Garfield didn’t have any strong feelings for or against patronage.

Garfield was going to limit the immigration of Chinese people even more than called for.

The amount of silver in circulation.

The rates charged by railroads.

The unsanitary conditions in the tenements.

The way U.S. Senators were chosen.

Theodore Roosevelt

William McKinley

Grover Cleveland

William Jennings Bryan

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

Luck and Pluck or John Oakley's Inheritance

The Gospel of Wealth

The Wizard of Oz

Willa Cather

William Jennings Bryan

William Graham Sumner

Lyman Frank Baum

This was South Dakota’s first presidential election as an organized state in the Union.

South Dakota’s electoral vote went to someone other than the Republican standard-bearer.

South Dakota’s electoral vote went to William McKinley.

South Dakota’s electoral vote was not accepted by the Electoral College because there was extensive voter fraud during the election.

South Dakota’s electoral votes went to William Jennings Bryan.

South Dakotans also elected a Populist governor in 1896.

South Dakota has been a Republican stronghold since its statehood.

South Dakota’s farmer’s usually vote for the Democratic ticket.

William Jennings Bryan

Grover Cleveland

William McKinley

Benjamin Harrison

gold

ruby

emerald

silver

the average Mid-westerner wanted our currency based on exotic gems like emeralds, rubies and sapphires

the average Mid-westerner wanted just the silver standard as our form of currency

the average Mid-westerner wanted the federal government to use both silver and gold as our form of currency

the average Mid-westerner wanted just the gold standard as our form of currency

that Uncle Sam will get thinner once he is measured for a new suit

that Uncle Sam will shrink to the same size as the gentlemen in front of him

that Uncle Sam is getting larger because we have acquired more territory and that's why he needs a new suit

that Uncle Sam will get thinner if he drinks the elixir presented to him by the three men

Carnegie began to donate money to golf courses and ball parks in rural areas around the country so people could enjoy the same entertainment as people in urban areas.

Carnegie began to donate money to public parks and recreation areas that would benefit the general public.

Carnegie began to donate money to help rebuild the Johnstown, and he donated money to other towns and cities for the purpose of constructing public libraries.

Carnegie began to donate money to conservation projects on rivers that needed repairs done to its dams or its tributaries.

John D. Rockefeller

Teddy Roosevelt

the Pinkerton Detectives

Henry Clay Frick

The workers obeyed and left the mill in peace. However, all that left the mill were out of a job.

The Pinkerton Detectives open fired on the workers and killed nine.

The workers open fired on the Pinkerton's and killed five of the detectives.

Andrew Carnegie came to the mill and met with the workers. The workers were able to have their wages increased and their working hours reduced.

Carnegie reduced wages and increased working hours.

Carnegie fired his manager and put Charles Guiteau in charge of the steel mill.

Carnegie allowed the workers to organize, form a union and negotiate with his manager.

Carnegie gave each worker $100 of his money to help them through the winter months.

1889

1890

1892

1894

the Wobblies

the Anarchists

the Dadaists

the Populists

the Carnegie Library in New York City

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Opera House in Pittsburgh

the Carnegie Workers' Prison in Chicago

The capitalists bought their own candidate in Teddy Roosevelt.

The capitalists bought their own candidate in William McKinley.

The capitalists sold all of their bonds so a severe recession affected the economy.

The capitalists paid an anarchist to assassinate Bryan.

The captains of industry told their workers that if Bryan was elected, they'd close their shops and factories.

The captains of industry told their workers that if Bryan was elected, they'd sell their companies to the U.S. government.

The captains of industry told their workers that if Bryan was elected, they'd give their workers a raise in wages and reduce their working hours.

The captains of industry told their workers that if Bryan was elected, they'd help prosecute Bryan for insider trading.

John D. Rockefeller

J. P. Morgan

Henry Ford

Cornelius Vanderbilt

William Jennings Bryan

Teddy Roosevelt

William McKinley

Leon Czolgosz

Teddy Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

Grover Cleveland

William Jennings Bryan

TR was once in control of J. P. Morgan's assets.

TR was worth more than all of the captains of industry put together.

TR was once employed by Andrew Carnegie.

TR could not be bought and he pledged to break up the trusts.

The captains of industry wanted Teddy to be ineffective and forgotten so they helped make him the vice president.

The captains of industry wanted Teddy to be employed by one of their companies and help make him a Wall Street trader.

The captains of industry wanted Teddy to be sent away so they paid for his vacations out to North and South Dakota to ranch cattle.

The captains of industry wanted Teddy to be killed in the Spanish-American War so they helped him organize his "Rough Rider's" cavalry unit.

Czolgosz was a radical Zionist and believed that McKinley was against Jewish people.

Czolgosz was paid by some of the captains of industry to kill the president because McKinley had decided to start breaking up large monopolies.

Czolgosz was angry at McKinley was establishing the civil service system which prevented Czolgosz from getting a government job.

Czolgosz was fired from one of J. P. Morgan's factories and then he joined the anarchist movement.

Teddy believed that the government was elected by the people and the capitalists were not.

Teddy believed that the capitalists were government employees because they claimed to be looking out for the best interests of Americans.

Teddy believed that the capitalists were guilty of graft and income tax evasion.

Teddy believed that the capitalists had solutions to urban problems but were not willing to share them unless the government coerced them.

Open Door Policy

Spheres of Influence

Imperialism

Balance of Power

American businessmen wanted overseas markets for American goods.

Americans began to feel a sense of cultural superiority and came to believe in Anglo-Saxonism.

Americans wanted to clean-up urban areas and the tenements of major cities before trying to expand overseas.

Americans came to believe in the attitudes of Social Darwinism and Manifest Destiny, and wanted to be among the strongest in the world.

It is the belief that English-speaking peoples are superior to all other races and cultures throughout the world.

It is the belief that nations, like people, evolve and the strongest will take-over the weaker nations.

It is the belief that Americans should apply the Gospel message to peoples around the world and help civilize them because we “are our brothers’ keepers”?

It is the belief that Americans are the best at economic and military competition and that we should show the rest of the world that we deserve to lead.

Increase its exports by acquiring colonies around the world

Create a large, modern navy

Build an inter-ocean canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans

Lower the tariff to demonstrate to other countries a willingness to expand foreign trade

Teddy Roosevelt

Commodore Matthew C. Perry

Alfred T. Mahan

Sanford B. Dole

China

Japan

Samoa

Hawaii

Samoa

Japan

Hawaii

Puerto Rico

Social Darwinism

Anglo-Saxonism

the Social Gospel

Nativism

Social Darwinism

Anglo-Saxonism

the Social Gospel

Nativism

It is the belief that English-speaking people are superior to all others.

It is the idea that Americans are a "chosen people" and are destined to help others and be our "brother's keeper."

It is the belief that only the strongest societies survive and all others are overtaken by the strongest nations.

It is the belief that we need a large navy, an inter-ocean canal, and colonies around the world.

the Roosevelt's

the Dole's

the Pershing's

the Rockefeller's

Teddy Roosevelt was wounded when he visited Cuba to negotiate the civil war that had erupted between Spain and Cuba.

William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer published articles that promoted the annexation of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.

The battleship, the U.S.S. Maine, exploded in Havana harbor and Americans did not know why it exploded.

William McKinley was assassinated in Havana, Cuba, when the U.S. Marines were escorting him to an exposition.

We know that the Spanish did plant the mine in Havana harbor that sank the Maine.

We know that the sinking of the Maine was due to a mysterious sabotage from individuals who some how got on the ship.

We know that the sinking of the Maine was due to Cuban rebels fighting for Spain who planted a bomb on board the ship.

We are not sure the exact cause of the explosion, but it was probably spontaneous combustion that made the ship explode.

Marti was the rebel leader of Cubans who were fighting for their independence from 1868 to 1895.

Marti was the organizer of Latin American countries working for lower tariffs between Latin American countries and the U.S.

Marti worked for William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer in Cuba and was murdered while trying to report for these newspapers.

Marti was the assistant secretary of the navy under McKinley and he led the clamor for the U.S. to enter the war in Cuba against Spain.

It is the sensationalist writing of news and reports based on exaggeration or made up stories just to attract readers.

It is the notion that journalism is a professional occupation and based on truth – not “yellow” lies.

It is the idea that one can say whatever one likes because we are protected by the 1^st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

It is the aggressive nature of journalists who followed influential politicians and famous people of the day.

Sinking of the USS Maine

Cubans who supported the merger of their island with Puerto Rico

Yellow journalism and the media

Economic interests of the U.S. in Cuba

Hawaii and the Philippines

Cuba and the Philippines

China and Hawaii

Midway Island and Spain

Jingoism is the term used to describe someone who believes in the potential of humans in avoiding war through diplomacy and negotiation. Because the Spanish did not want to negotiate, we went to war.

Jingoism is aggressive nationalism and Americans were eager to go to war even for simple reasons.

Jingoism is the taking over of territories and colonies around the world for the sake of creating business.

Jingoism is term used to describe a country at civil war and in need of help from Americans.

John Hay

Teddy Roosevelt

George Dewey

William Seward

"Red Neckers"

"Teddy Bears Men"

"Rough 'n' Ready"

"Rough Riders"

San Juan and Kettle

Bauta and Guanajay

San Jose and Gadalupe

Santiago and Las Tunas

Mitchell

Rapid City

Aberdeen

Sioux Falls

They thought that the United States would annex them as a state into the Union.

They thought that the United States would take over the United Nations and make the Philippines a permanent member on the UN Security Council.

They thought that the United States would grant them independence.

They thought that the United States had better trade goods than the Spanish.

José Marti

Pancho Villa

Emilio Aguinaldo

Máximo Gomez

1861; 1865

1869;1890

1898; 1902

1896; 1900

Foraker Act

Bland-Allison Act

Platt Amendment

Open Door Policy

The Spanish-American War was fought outside the United States whereas previous wars up to this point were fought on the North American continent.

The Spanish-American War was the first war that U.S. soldiers had standard equipment.

The Spanish-American War was the first war that Northerners and Southerners fought together to defeat a common enemy.

The Spanish-American War was the first war the Americans really won because in previous wars the U.S. was not officially a country so they can not be counted as a victory.

The United States gained no territory from the Spanish-American War but Cuba did gain its independence.

The United States was able to effectively mobilize for war and easily defeated the Spanish and the Filipinos.

The United States did not have to involve its navy but the infantry did an outstanding job of routing the Spanish in Cuba and the Philippines.

The United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines and paid Spain for the Philippines.

The U.S. believed atrocities were being committed against the Cubans and we had economic interests in Cuba that we wanted to protect.

The U.S. wanted Cuba but needed a pretext to take the island. When we found out the Cubans did not want to be annexed to the U.S., we fought for their independence from Spain.

The U.S. wanted the Philippines but had to wait until the Spanish committed some atrocities in order to justify declaring war on Spain.

The U.S. was dragged into war because José Martí sought asylum here and we had no choice but to defend his right to rebel against Spain.

Teddy Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

William Jennings Bryan

William McKinley

The tailor is short and Uncle Sam is taller. This proves that the tailor and the author of the cartoon approve of adding territory to the Union.

The tailor is wants to try some of the medicine being offered by one of the visiting gentlemen. Besides, the tailor wants to beat up on the three gentlemen.

The tailor is measuring Uncle Sam for a new set of clothes. Besides, the tailor has a smile on his face as if he approves.

The tailor knows the identity of the three gentlemen who have come into the his shop. Besides, the tailor has to stand on a stool in order to reach Uncle Sam.

The U.S. decided to find a war to enter so we could show off our military might. When we did enter the Spanish-American War, we were surprised how militarily strong we really were.

The U.S. entered the competition with European nations and sought colonies around the world. We also replaced all wooden ships with ones made of steel.

The U.S. invested millions of dollars in Latin American countries and this convinced many European nations that we were capable of being a world power.

The U.S. sent our best military commanders over to Britain for training and their training helped effectively organize our military.

The U.S. wanted to do something for the people of Panama so we decided to build the canal through their country, knowing that it would lift the people out of poverty.

The canal would take off 8,000 to 10,000 miles when trying to move from one ocean to the other. Ships no longer have to go around Cape Horn.

The canal would allow our U.S. navy to become more effective and it would allow us to better defend our country.

The canal would improve shipping, commerce and trade among all nations who would use it for peaceful purposes.

Nicaraguans over Guatemalans

Costa Ricans over El Salvadorans

Panamanians over Columbia

Hondurans over Venezuelans

The U.S. wanted to claim China as a protectorate.

The U.S. wanted to enjoy special rights and privileges in China as well.

The U.S. wanted to apply the Roosevelt Corollary in Asia as well as in Latin America.

The U.S. wanted to support the Boxer’s in their takeover of China.

The Boxer’s wanted all foreigners out of China except the Americans because they believed that American culture was superior to all others.

The Boxer’s wanted the Chinese Emperor to abdicate his throne so the Japanese could rule China.

The Boxer’s wanted the Russians to takeover China, so they wanted all other countries out of China.

The Boxer’s wanted all foreigners out of China because they believed foreigners were corrupting Chinese society.

The Open Door policy allowed the U.S. to build two naval bases on the Chinese coast.

The Open Door policy allowed the Boxer’s to trade with all European countries except the U.S. in China.

The Open Door policy allowed all the European countries who had spheres of influence to trade with each other, the U.S., and with China.

The Open Door policy allowed the Chinese a sphere of influence in Latin America as an exchange for allowing us a sphere of influence in China.

The goal of the Roosevelt Corollary was to keep Latin American countries in poverty so no European countries would be interested in conquering them for their resources.

The goal of the Roosevelt Corollary was to prevent European countries from using debt problems with Latin American countries to justify intervening in the region.

The goal of the Roosevelt Corollary was to make European countries more morally upstanding like the United States.

The goal of the Roosevelt Corollary was to invest U.S. dollars in Latin America and prevent dictators from controlling those countries and exploiting the people there.

Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy had the goal of determining if countries were morally worthy of being an ally to the U.S.

Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy had the goal of investing in Latin American countries and increasing our trade with them. In this way, it was thought that we would help lift them out of poverty.

Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy had the goal of eliminating Spanish currency in Latin America and making the U.S. dollar the currency of preference there.

Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy had the goal of placing a monetary reward for anyone who could find and capture Pancho Villa in Mexico.

Teddy used international law as his guide on how to deal with foreign countries. He was willing to take other countries to international court to get his way.

Teddy used money to show countries that we were a world power. He was willing to out-spend any country in the western hemisphere.

Teddy used a show of force to gain respect and prevent conflicts. He was willing to use force when the art of persuasion did not convince foreign powers to honor our wishes.

Teddy used moral persuasion to convince countries that violence was wrong. He was willing to ask other countries to be a mediator to U.S. conflicts if need be.

Wilson’s flaw was that he never led any institution or set a moral example for others.

Wilson’s flaw was that no country would listen to the demands of the U.S. just because Wilson thought it was the right thing to do.

Wilson’s flaw was that he was not a Christian himself.

Wilson’s flaw was that he wasn’t able to communicate very well. He was a poor speaker and writer.

Wilson sent Pershing to find Pancho Villa because Villa had murdered Francisco Madero.

Wilson sent Pershing to find Pancho Villa because Villa had not been notified that he was the new popularly elected president of Mexico.

Wilson sent Pershing to find Pancho Villa because Villa had carried out attacks on American cities.

Wilson sent Pershing to find Pancho Villa because Villa was never told that he was an American citizen.

Victoriano Huerta

Venustiano Carranza

Fancisco Madero

Porfirio Diaz