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Robert Pierce
History 17B First Essay
PART ONE--(50%)
You will be asked to answer one of the following:
1. Explain reasons many believed caused the depression of 1893 and how this perception may have led to the international involvement that marked the period after 1893. In your answer, explain what you believe to be the reasons for America's involvement in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine War, and the acquisition of Hawaii.
2. Discuss the industrial and rural rebellions (or disruptions) in the USA from 1877 to 1896. What do you believe provoked these disruptions? What did they say about American society?
3. The political parties of the Gilded Age were accused of not responding to the problems of most Americans. What were the issues of the era, how were they addressed, and what developments finally caused the parties to become more dynamic?
4. Discuss the manipulations and plots carried out in the 1890s to acquire Hawaii and to control Cuba. Be sure to reveal who controlled these plans and for what reasons.
5. Compare and contrast the conflicts with the Indians with the conflicts with labor during the Gilded Age.
6. How did rapid industrial growth change worklife and homelife for the American workers in the Gilded Age?
7. Discuss the impact of Social Darwinism on the Gilded Age, and then compare this doctrine with that of the Gospel of Wealth.
PART TW0--50%
You will be asked to identify and give the significance of four of the following:
1. Munn v. Illinois
2 Buffalo Soldiers
3. Alfred Thayer Mahan
4. Social Darwinism
5. Sand Creek
6. Wounded Knee
7. Diphtheria
8. Teller Amendment
9. The "Cross of Gold" speech
10. Plessy v. Ferguson
11. Grover Cleveland
12. Edward Bellamy
13. Haymarket Riot
14. Eugene Debs
15. Homestead
16. Platt Amendment
17. Ghost Dance
18. Emilio Aguinaldo
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