Nation of Nations 3/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Describe the political system of the late nineteenth century and explain why it stood in such perilous equilibrium.
2. Describe the dominant issues of the day, including veterans benefits, civil service reform, the tariff, and monetary reform.
3. Explain the revolt of the farmers and the rise and fall of Populism.
4. Describe causes and effects of the depression of 1893, and explain why government failed to take action to resolve it.
5. Explain the significance of the election of 1896 and the political realignment it marked.
6. Define the political, economic, and cultural factors that determined the course of American overseas expansion and contrast them with European style imperialism.
7. Explain the foreign policy of the United States toward key areas of the world such as the Western Hemisphere, the Pacific Basin, and the Far East.
8. Explain why the United States went to war with Spain as part of its emergence as an imperial power.

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