1890's

Question 1

World’s Columbian Exposition

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This Chicago World’s Fair held in 1893 saw the introduction of many marvelous inventions.

Question 2

The Arcade

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A Victorian-Era inspired 1890 Cleveland shopping mall.

Question 3

Sherman Antitrust Act

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1890- First federal action against monopolies, it was signed into law by Harrison and was extensively used by Theodore Roosevelt for trust-busting. However, it was initially misused against labor unions

Question 4

Wounded Knee Massacre

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In December 1890, Army troops captured some of Sitting Bull’s followers and took them to a camp. 300 Sioux men, women, and children were killed

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Aubrey Beardsley

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Famous for black and white erotic paintings which made him a father of the 1890s Art Nouveau and poster styles.

Question 6

John Philip Sousa

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American bandmaster and composer who wrote comic operas and marches such as Stars and Stripes Forever (1897).

Question 7

International Copyright Act of 1891

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An act which extended limited copyright protection to foreign works.

Question 8

David Hennessy

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A New Orleans police chief whose 1891 murder sparked anti-Italian sentiments and the beginning of the “mafia” misconception.

Question 9

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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A pioneering Russian composer whose works made a big splash in America.

Question 10

James Naismith

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Invented basketball in 1892.

Question 11

Johnson County War

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1892, Wyoming Stock Growers Association hired gunmen to get rid of small operators accused of stealing cattle, eventually required federal intervention.

Question 12

Plessy v. Ferguson

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a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal

Question 13

Homestead Strike

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1892 strike at Andrew Carnegie’s steel plant in which Pinkerton detectives clashed with steel workers. The worker’s movement lost traction as a result.

Question 14

Lizzie Borden

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An American cause célèbre, she was accused of butchering her father and step-mother in 1892.

Question 15

Dalton Gang

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A group of Wild West outlaws active until 1892 who specialized in bank and train robberies.

Question 16

United States presidential election, 1892

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Grover Cleveland was elected once again over Republican Harrison and Populist Weaver. Harrison was unpopular, and both parties seemed to favor a moderate approach to reform.

Question 17

1892 New Orleans general strike

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Blacks and whites united in New Orleans, successfully.

Question 18

Garza Revolution

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This 1892 Mexican War precursor was fought on the Texas-Mexican border.

Question 19

American-Hawaiian Intervention of 1893

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Queen Liliuokalani is overthrown by the U.S. Marines.

Question 20

Panic of 1893

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1893-1897 the United States was in one of its worst ever depressions as a result of bank runs and misplaced trust in silver and Argentina.

Question 21

The Turner Thesis

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The 1893 idea that the cause of all the problems in America was the end of the frontier.

Question 22

Parliament of the World’s Religions

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In 1893, Chicago representatives from all the world’s major religions gathered to peacefully discuss global affairs.

Question 23

May Day Riots of 1894

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Following the 1893 economic panic, these deadly riots occured, they were very closely associated with leftist politics and communism.

Question 24

Pullman Strike

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An 1894 national railway workers strike which failed after president Cleveland ordered government intervention.

Question 25

Sanford B. Dole

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A wealthy pineapple manufacturer who encouraged the westernization of Hawaii during the 1890s.

Question 26

In re Debs

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(1895) The government had a right to regulate interstate commerce and ensure the operations of the Postal Service.

Question 27

Atlanta compromise

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Argument put forward by Booker T. Washington in 1895 that African-Americans should not focus on civil rights or social equality but concentrate on economic self-improvement.

Question 28

W. E. B. Du Bois

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A more radical alternative to Booker T. Washington, he argued blacks should have full equality NOW.

Question 29

Cross of Gold speech

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An impassioned address by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic Convention, in which he attacked the “gold bugs” who insisted that U.S. currency be backed only with gold.

Question 30

United States presidential election, 1896

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With over 90% voter turnout this extremely important election took place during an economic depression, and public opinion was split between those who favored the gold standard and free silver. Republican McKinley received the support of major corporations and defeated Democrat-Populist Bryant by painting him as a radical.

Question 31

St. Augustine Monster

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A globster postulated to be the remains of a giant octopus discovered in Florida in 1896.

Question 32

Klondike Gold Rush

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From 1896 to 1900 miners stampeded into Alaska in search of gold, leading to the deaths of the Han people.

Question 33

Lattimer massacre

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The violent deaths in 1897 of about a dozen striking coal workers.

Question 34

USS Maine

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The ship which exploded in 1898 in the port of Havana, Cuba, leading to the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers precipitating the Spanish-American War.

Question 35

Annie Oakley

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Advocated for women in the military in the Spanish-American War.

Question 36

George Dewey

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Best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War.

Question 37

Battle of Manila Bay

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1898- The American Navy defeated the Spanish, ending colonial Spanish rule in the Philippines.

Question 38

Battle of San Juan Hill

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1898- The bloodiest battle of the Spanish-American War, much of the credit for our victory went to Teddy Roosevelt despite the brunt of the fighting being done by buffalo soldiers.

Question 39

Rough Riders

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1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, associated with Teddy Roosevelt.

Question 40

Treaty of Paris (1898)

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An agreement made in 1898 that resulted in the Spanish Empire’s surrendering control of Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico, parts of the Spanish West Indies, the island of Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. The cession of the Philippines involved a payment of $20 million from the United States to the Spanish Empire.

Question 41

Philippine-American War

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(1899-1902) An armed conflict between America and Filipino Revolutionaries, it failed for them, and it would be over a decade before they received independence.

Question 42

Open Door Policy

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Sec. of State John Hay’s 1899 plan to allow America to trade freely with China.

Question 43

Nicaragua Canal

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A proposed waterway through Nicaragua which the Nicaraguan government refused, so Roosevelt funded a revolution to create the nation of Panama.

Question 44

Gold Standard Act

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1900- Under McKinley, bimetallism was stopped.