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Question
1. How did each of the following relate to the "crisis of the 90's"?
-economic depression
-"closing of the frontier"
-labor strikes and farm discontent
-political corruption
2. How did the Populist Party represent a response to the problems of the 1890's? How effective was their response?
3. What were five major sources of American imperialism after 1890's?
4. What were the fundamental AND immediate causes of the Spanish-American War?
5. How was each of the following a step toward "world power" status for the United States.
-Olney Corrollary (1895)
-Spanish-American War (1898)
-Open Door Policy in china (1899-1900)
-Panama Canal (1903-1914)
-President Theodore Roosevelt's "big Stick" policy
6. How did each of the following lead to the Progressive Movement?
-Changes in the status of certain groups
-Urban and industrial conditions
-Activities of the "muckrakers"
7. How did each of the following lead to reforms in American life?
Teddy Roosevelt:
-settlement of the Anthracite Coal Strike (1902)
-northern securities case (1903)
-Elkins act and Hepburn act (1903, 1906)
-pure food and drug act (1906
Woodrow Wilson:
-underwood tariff act (1913)
-federal reserve act (1913)
-sixteenth and seventeenth amendments (1913)
-Clayton antitrust act (1914)
-federal trade commission act (1914)
8. Explain two instances where the "press" strongly influences government policy in the period 1898-1914?