Essay About U.S. Senator And Democratic Government

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Populists:
Grew from the Farmer’s Alliance
Free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 16:1 ratio
Increased circulating medium (no less that $50 per capita)
Graduated income tax
It was big in the 1890s (major electoral victories)
Several members of the House of Representatives and the election of 1 U.S. senator
Against monopolies
More Democratic government (more control to people)
Wanted more direct government action to help the working class
Government ownership of railroads, telegraph, and telephone
Government 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 of Venezuela
Olney said to Britain that they were violating the Monroe Doctrine because the U.S. had claimed the whole western hemisphere
At first, Britain was opposed to this and angry with the U.S.
Then, Britain’s anger was turned to the Germans and they wanted a peaceful settlement with the United States
Spanish American War
One cause was the Wilson Gorman tariff
Fighting began in the Philippines in 1898
Was fought to free the Philippines from Spanish rule
Americans were fed up with how the Spaniards were treating the Cubans
Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Pacific
American ship, the Maine, was sunk in the Havana harbor (from an explosion on the ship)
Hertz and Pulitzer blamed Spanish (yellow journalism)
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