William McKineley

Question 1

Annexation of Hawaii

Answer 1

• Brinkley (360)
• Made Hawaii a state
• An example of Ostend Manifesto which was the expansion of the us into the pacific in order to find new markets
• Ostend Manifesto increased sectional tensions as northerners and southerners argued whether Hawaii (and other states added through Ostend Manifesto) should be a slave state or not

Question 2

Spanish American war

Answer 2

• Brinkley (554-560)
• The war between the US and Spain in the late 1890’s
• Showed the US the problems with the army such as uniforms not suited for hotter climates and inability to provide supplies across seas

Question 3

Sinking of the Maine

Answer 3

• Brinkley (555)
• The American battleship the Maine blew up in Havana harbor
• Many Americans quickly assumed that the Spanish were responsible
• McKinley continued to hope to avoid conflict even though the majority of his administration wanted it
• On April 25th McKinley declared war on Spain

Question 4

Gold Standard act of 1900 (Currency act)

Answer 4

• Brinkley (548)
• Confirmed the US commitment to the gold standard
• Assigned and specific gold value to the dollar
• The “battle of the standards” ended in victory for the conservatives

Question 5

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 5

• Brinkley (564)
• Siege of the entire foreign diplomatic corps
• Imperial powers sent an international expeditionary force in the China to rescue the diplomats
• Won support for the Open Door notes from England and Germany

Question 6

Hay’s Open Door Notes

Answer 6

-Brinkley (563)
-John Hay sent notes to Germany, England, Russia, France, Italy, and Japan asking for the approval of three principals:
1 each nation with a sphere of influence in China was to respect the rights of other nations in its sphere
2 Chinese officials were to continue to collect tariffs in all spheres
3 Nations were not to discriminate against other nations by levying port dues and railroad rates within their own sphere
-These principals allowed to US to trade freely with China without interference from other nations

Question 7

Debate over Philippines

Answer 7

• Brinkley (559)
• The debate over whether or not to annex the Philippines
• Caused the creation of the Anti-Imperialist League and other anti-expansion groups which believed imperialism was immoral and feared “polluting” the US workforce with inferior Asian races (working middle class feared being undercut by cheaper laborers
• Also created Expansionists believed that the acquisition of new territories were the way to keep the nations economy alive and that the US already possessed the islands we just needed to claim them

Question 8

McKinley Assassination

Answer 8

• Brinkley (588)

- Caused the presidency of Theodore Rosevelt

Question 9

Term

Answer 9

-1897-1901

Question 10

Party

Answer 10

-Republican

Question 11

Dingley Tariff

Answer 11

• Brinkley (548)
• Raised tariffs to the highest point in American history
• Fulfilled the republican desire for higher tariff rates