AP US History Mrs. Norris 6th hour Sample DBQ Response to demonstrate document integration Prompt The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the tension between old and new AND in what ways was the tension manifested The firestorm of the Great War revealed an American society rife with conflict and opposing values. Americans reacted to the legacy of the war with new political doctrines‚ contentious
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subsidies to assist in stabilizing agricultural prices 8 hour work day Direct election of U.S. senators Increased voter power with the use of initiative referendum and recall “people’s party” 1892 candidate was James J. Weaver 1896 endorsed William Jennings Bryan Imperialism: United States tried to get world dominance Captain Alfred Mahan and his book “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History” said that control of the sea was the key to world dominance U.S. was fighting with Britain over control
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Cooke Roscoe Conkling James G. Blaine Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel Tilden James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Winfield S. Hancock Charles J. Guiteau Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Thomas Reed William McKinley James B. Weaver Tom Watson Adlai E. Stevenson William Jennings Bryan J. P. Morgan Define and state the historical significance of the following: soft/cheap money hard/sound money contraction resumption Gilded Age spoils system crop-lien system pork-barrel bills populism
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people arguing in the other side the people seemed content. The last image describes the rule over Cuba in the left side is rule by Spain and in the right side is rule by America. These series of images show how the world might have been if William Jennings Bryan had instead won the White House on the Democrat ticket with closed factories‚ no railroads‚ plows rusting in the fields‚ a currency based on silver rather than gold‚ and Cuba before the Spanish American War‚ which was won during McKinley’s
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segregating African Americans”. In 1914 well known William Monroe Trotter delivered a stinging protest towards Wilson concerning segregation in federal bureaucracy. However‚ Woodrow reneged on his promise and created a policy of racial segregation in both the Department of the Treasury and the Post Office Department. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sent a letter of protest to Wilson‚ but their efforts were ignored. William Trotter gathered Afro Americans and went to
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16th Amendment - allowed the government to levy taxes based upon a person’s income. 17th Amendment - gave voters the power to directly elect their senators 18th Amendment - established prohibition in the United States 19th Amendment - granted full voting rights to women Alexander Graham Bell - patented the telephone in 1876 Bessemer process - was a method of steelmaking that burned off impurities in molten iron with a blast of hot air. Carrie Chapman Catt - became the president of NAWSA in
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Dr. Newcomer US History 2020 Study Guide: Exam One Format: The exam will consist of twenty five multiple-choice questions (worth two points each/50 total)‚ ten matching questions (worth two points each/20 total)‚ and fifteen identifications (worth two points each/30 total). SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE: Each of the multiple choice questions will ask you to identify the significance of an event or issue by completing the sentence. They will cover material from the lectures. Mark Twain referred
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the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1890. Both of these acts were passed in Congress to provide free coinage of silver. The reasoning for the silver standard in the Populist platform in 1892 (Document A) was justified by the same reasoning as William Jennings Bryan in his “Cross of Gold” speech. Both describe how the conspiracy that the gold standard is better because England still uses it questions why America became an independent nation. However‚ the farmers still remained defeated on the currency
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DBQ: Access the validity of the following statement using background knowledge and the provided documents. "Theodore Roosevelt was not a true progressive reformer‚ but rather a politician that responded to the political climate of the age." Progressivism originated as the optimistic vision that society was capable of improvement‚ and that continued growth and advancement were the nation’s destiny. This‚ however‚ would require direct‚ purposeful human intervention in social and economic affairs
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In a time when American industrialism was rising‚ and a shift from isolationism to imperialism occurred within American society. It is in this context that industrialization would grow to impact farmers and industrial workers. Two significant ways that farmers and industrial workers responded to industrialization in the Gilded Age by attempting to unionize and forming political parties to further their interests. One significant way that farmers and industrial workers responded to industrialization
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