Populism and Middle America

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• Which foreign policy from the early 1900s expanded on the goals of the Monroe Doctrine?
• Who did the Republican Party nominate for president in 1912?
• What led to the rise of the Populist movement, and what effect did it have?
• Which theme was common to the diplomatic policies of presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson?
• How did rural electrification improve conditions for farmers in the Tennessee Valley?
• How did the Russo Japanese War make the US more powerful?
• Who were the three candidates for President in 1912, and who won?
• What was the purpose of the Foraker Act?
• On what did the Roosevelt Corollary build?
• What interest did Theodore Roosevelt have in environmental conservation?
• Why did the ACLU and Clarence Darrow come to the aid of John T. Scopes? What was the outcome?
• How did the presidential election of 1896 bring an end to populism?
• What was discovered in 1870 in the Black Hills that brought many new settlers to the territory?
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• Which Republican challenged Taft during his run for a second term?
• How did Theodore Roosevelt earn the Congressional Medal of Honor?
• Why did farmers in the late 1800s want inflation?
• What did the populist Party support in order to fight against high costs?
• How did Populists want the government to handle currency in the late 1800s?
• What territory did the U.S. acquire in the 1890s?
• What political concerns shaped politics during the Gilded Age?
• What did the Populist Party believe in? And what did the Populist Party NOT support?
• What effect did Theodore Roosevelt have on the government's role in the food industry?
• Who influenced Theodore Roosevelt to set aside 100 million acres as federal forests?
• In the late 1800s, which group most often supported the views of the Populist Party?
• How much did the government regulate business practices during the Gilded Age?
• What did the Enforcement Act of 1870 make illegal?
• What is the business/government ideology of the Gilded Age?
• Why did many Texas farmers switch to dry farming?
• What right did the United States claim under the Roosevelt Corollary?
• People in what financial condition were most likely to favor expansion of the currency supply with greenbacks? What sparked interest in greenbacks?
• Which President was in power when the Freedman's Bureau was disbanded?
• Why did Populists want the United States to move from a currency backed by gold to one backed by both gold and silver?
• How would you describe public opinion in America about overseas expansion between 1893-1898?