The following questions should be answered by Wednesday January 30, 2013, 12:00a.m. Students, essay questions should be answered in your own words by summarizing, paraphrasing, and/or analyzing content information. You should use the textbook or internet as a resource but not to copy and paste or write in someone else's words. Content information should be accurate and based on informational readings and text.Students are to select one (1) question to answer in two detailed paragraphs and state a thesis sentence based on your argument to be explained (Thesis statement should be the 1st or 2nd sentence). Grammatical errors should be reviewed and corrected before submitting your essay questions. The essay is worth 80 points total.
Extension Assignment- Students should comment on at least two of their classmates’ essays by Friday, February 1, 2013, 12:00a.m. Your comments should be at least 2-3 sentences in length. he comment should be a critical evaluation of the essay and explain whether you agree with the argument or disagree. This assignment will allow students to become peer supporters in this AP US History class and help critic the writings of their classmates. This assignment is worth 20 points (10 points per comment).Your overall grade will come from Mrs. Ladd.
Students, remember select one question from the following questions listed below:
1. To what extent were the supporters and the reforms of the Populists of the 1890s both ahead of their times and behind their times?
2. Analyze the reasons for relatively few congressional or presidential accomplishements during the Gilded Age, despite high voter participation in national politics.
3. To what extent did the election of 1896 represent a turning point in the history of U.S. politics?
To what extent did the election of 1896 represent a turning point in the history of U.S. politics?
ReplyDeleteAmerican people wanted gold than silver, because gold was a high dollar, most of them were bankers, businessman, basically wealthy people. The upperclass didn't think about anyone but them, the low class people thought they should support both gold and silver. The gold would effect the prices going up. This would effect farmers, laborers, and owners of small businesses. This led to the U.S. going into depression. Even wealthy people were effected during this time. Most American felt like the government should issues paper dollars instead with silver coins. The Republican disagree with the people choice, the President was a Democrats, but he also disagree because he felt like it would be a threat to the gold standard. Later during the election, what made it so different William McKinley didn't campaign he let his voters come to him verse to Jennings Bryan he travelled and camaign his title. He became the next President.
The Populists Party were essentially ahead of their time because they created the Platform which made it so that the senators of the U.S. were elected based on direct popular vote and it also enacted state laws by voters.The Populists were ahead of their time by fighting for direct popular elections of senators and an eight-hour day. They were behind their time because they wanted silver to be in circulation and they wanted government owned telegraph and telephone systems.The Populist Party created the Omaha platform. They wanted direct popular election of federal senators,wanted the unlimited coinage of silver, an eight hour work day, and government ownage of the railroads.
ReplyDeleteHaving the direct elect of senators creates a more democratic society and the eight hour work day would come later in time, which makes them ahead of their time. Wanting to have the unlimited coinage of silver is a little naive and behind their time. It won't work in the economy.
Question: To what extent did the election of 1896 represent a turning point in the history of U.S politics?
ReplyDeleteAnswer:The presidential election of 1893 demonstrated a sharp division in society between urban and rural interests. William Jennings Bryan( Democrat) was able to form a coalition that answered the call of progressive groups and rural interests including the indebted farmers and those arguing against the gold standard. William McKinley's victory was significiant because it highlights the shift from America as an agrarian nation to one of urban interests. Significance: The election highlights the changes that were occuring in American society at the turn of the 19th century. The 1896 campaign is often considered to be a realigning election that eneded the old Third Party System and began to be falling into place for the Populists. James Weaver made an impressive showing in 1892, and now Populist ideas were being discussed across the nation. The Panic of 1893 was the worst financial crisis to date in American history. As te soup lines grew larger, so did voters' anger at the present system. When Jacob S Coxey of Ohio marched his 200 supporters into the nation's capital to dmenad reforms in the spring of 1834, many thought a revolution was brewing. The climate seemed to ache for change. All that the Populists needed was a winning Presidential candidate in 1896.
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Delete3. To what extent did the election of 1896 represent a turning point in the history of U.S. politics?
ReplyDeleteThe election of 1896 was the 28th quadrennial pressidential election. It was a political race between Republican candidate William McKinley, and Democrat William Jennings Bryan. This campaign is often considered to be the realigning elaection that ended the three-party system, and begun the four-party system.
For three years the economy was in a great deep depression.
Economic issues, such as silver or gold for the money supply, and tariffs, were central issues during the campaign.McKinley had a solid victory, thanks to the support of the East and Northeast areas.McKinley gained majorities from the middle class, skilled factory workers, railroad workers, and big-time farmers.The electorial college votes were 271 to McKinley, electoral votes to Bryan's were 176, when only 224 were needed to win. This victory was known as a land-slide for Republican Principles.
To what extent were the supporters and the reforms of the Populists of the 1890s both ahead of their times and behind their times?
ReplyDeletePopulism emerged in the 19th century in order to reform the system from within. The Populist party, was a party that represented the "common man". It was created at the end of the 19th century. The Populist Party choose James Weaver as their presidential candidate. Although they did not succeed in electing their candidate to the presidency, many of their reforms were later enacted.
In 1893 President Grover Cleveland, who stood for the gold standard, succeeded in having the Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed over the strong objections of William Jennings Bryan.William Jennings Bryan won the national Democratic convention's nomination for the presidency in 1896 through a vigorous appeal for free coinage of silver known as the "Cross of Gold" speech.As a Populist, he did not support the gold standard since it would deflate the currency, which would make it more difficult for citizens to repay debts. However, little gold was in the treasury.The Panic of 1893 could not be avoided and the situation remained until 1896.
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Delete1. To what extent were the supporters and the reforms of the Populists of the 1890s both ahead of their times and behind their times?
ReplyDeleteThe Populist Party created a platform called the Omaha. The platform was made so that the senators of the U.S. who were elected based on direct popular vote and it also enacted state laws by the voters. They wanted popular elections of the federal senators, who want the unlimited coinage of silver, which was an eight hour work day and also government own age of the railroads. The Populist Party where behind their time because they want silver to be circulation. Having the elect of senators created more of a democratic society.
They wanted government owned telegraph and telephones systems. Even thought it wasn’t working for the economy. The Populist Party was a party that represented the common man. Their goal included creating postal savings banks, enacting immigration restriction. The Populist platform viewed the farmers in the West. The time was ripe for them to have the beliefs and take the action that they did.
To what extent did the election of 1896 represent a turning point in the history of U.S. politics?
ReplyDeleteThe United States presidential election of Nov.3,1896, saw republication William McKinley defeat democrat William Jennings Bryan in a campaign considered by historians to be one of the most dramatic and commplex in American History. The 1896 campaign considered by political scientists to be a realighing election that ended the Old third Party system and began the fourth Party System. For three years the nation had been mired in a deep economic depression marked by low prices, high unemployment and violent strikes. Economic issues,especially silver or gold for the money supply, and tarriffs, were central issues. The presidential election represented the turning point in the history of politics to the extent of it shifting to the nation from an agarian nation to an Urban and industrialized nation.
2.)During the Gilded Age, 1876-1900, Congress was known for being rowdy and inefficient. It was not unusual to find that a quorum could not be achieved because too many members were drunk or otherwise preoccupied with extra-governmental affairs. The halls of Congress were filled with tobacco smoke, and spittoons were everywhere. One disgusted observer noted that not only did the members chew and spit incessantly, but their aim was bad. The atmosphere on the floor was described as an “infernal din.” The Senate, whose seats were often auctioned off to the highest bidder, was known as a “rich man's club,” where political favors were traded like horses, and the needs of the people in the working classes lay beyond the vision of those exalted legislators. The Senate dominated the federal government during the Gilded Age, often calling the tune to which presidents were required to dance.
ReplyDeleteThe dominant fact concerning the American political parties between 1875 and 1900 was that the parties were evenly divided. It was also an era in which political corruption seemed to be the norm; practices that today would be viewed as scandalous were accepted as a matter of routine. Businessmen wantonly bribed public officials at the local, state and national level, and political machines turned elections into exercises in fraud and manipulation. The narrow division between Republican and Democratic voters made both parties hesitant to take strong stands on any issue for fear of alienating blocs of voters. The result was that little got done.
1. To what extent were the supporters and the reforms of the Populists of the 1890s both ahead of their times and behind their times?
ReplyDeleteThe supporters and reforms of the Populists of the 1890s were both ahead of and behind their times in many ways. The supporters of the Populists of the 1890s wanted to enhance, or reform, the system of the country from within. Although their presidential candidate did not succeed in getting elected, many of the things they wanted to have put in force were later put into use. Supporter of the Populists wanted many things that were either put in place in the future or not commonly agreed with by all members of the country. For instance, supporter Tom Watson wanted all southern farmers to come together as one, recognize their common plights or situations and work together. He as well as Mary Ellen Lease wanted southern farmers to start reforming. This seems to have some what picked up but not exactly during their time period.
The reforms of the Populists of 1890s were also ahead of and behind the times. The Populists of the 1890s had many acts, movements, and laws that they wanted to have set in motion. Two of these are the Bland-Allison Act and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. The Bland-Allison act was passed in over the presidential veto in 1878. It required the secretary of the Treasury to buy two million dollars of silver each month and coin it into dollars. This didn't work out well and most of the silver ended up remaining in the treasury because it did not circulate well due to its weight and bulk. The Sherman Silver Act forced the treasury to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver each month. And while the price of silver didn't rise and precious gold was being drained away while cheap silver piled up in the treasury, this act helped to precipitate the panic of 1893 and caused a decrease in foreign investments in the United States economy. This act was later repealed in 1893. Thus, while the supporters and reforms of the Populists were ahead of their time because of the ideas, views, and reforms that they had, they were behind their time because there ideas and views were not exactly agreed with by all members of the country and their reforms caused problems later on after being set in motion.
Question 3
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The election of 1896 was a very intense and important thing to happen to show that elections could separate rural and urban communities. The election had some very high
points and low points. When president McKinley won it was very significant to history.
The high points of the urban areas is that through this situation that was going on at that time,the third party system was realigned. The thing that took them into the highest point is that they need their canidate to win the election
To what extent did the election of 1896 represent a turning point in the history of U.S. politics?
ReplyDeleteThe election of 1896 was the start of a turning point in history. It was a political race between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan. This campaign was mostly considered to be the realigning elaection that ended the three-party system. That was a change for the U.S. A four-party system had begun. For three years the economy was in a great deep depression.
People wanted gold rather than silver, because gold was worth more. Most of them were bankers, businessman, basically wealthy people. The upperclass didn't think about anyone but theirself. The low class people thought they should support both gold and silver. The gold would effect the prices going up. This effected farmers, laborers, and owners of small businesses.
#3. Politics was a major thing back in the 19the century. The election of 1896 was a very high risky AND complex election. The election was between William McKinley and William J. Bryan. William McKinley had won the election. That's when the turning point came about. The three party system was realigned.
ReplyDeleteWith the three party system the United States wasn't in such a good shape. The enconomy was low and things wasn't looking right for the American people. That's when it reached it's turning point. They came up with another system AND the American people begin looking for gold and other things to make their lives better. The United States became more of an Urban and industrialized country.
1. To what extent were the supporters and the reforms of the Populists of the 1890s both ahead of their times and behind their times?
ReplyDeleteThe supporters and reforms of the Populists of the 1890s were both ahead of and behind their times in many ways. The supporters of the Populists of the 1890s wanted to enhance, or reform, the system of the country from within. Although their presidential candidate did not succeed in getting elected, many of the things they wanted to have put in force were later put into use. Supporter of the Populists wanted many things that were either put in place in the future or not commonly agreed with by all members of the country. For instance, supporter Tom Watson wanted all southern farmers to come together as one, recognize their common plights or situations and work together. He as well as Mary Ellen Lease wanted southern farmers to start reforming. This seems to have some what picked up but not exactly during their time period.The reforms of the Populists of 1890s were also ahead of and behind the times. The Populists of the 1890s had many acts, movements, and laws that they wanted to have set in motion. Two of these are the Bland-Allison Act and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. The Bland-Allison act was passed in over the presidential veto in 1878. It required the secretary of the Treasury to buy two million dollars of silver each month and coin it into dollars. This didn't work out well and most of the silver ended up remaining in the treasury because it did not circulate well due to its weight and bulk. The Sherman Silver Act forced the treasury to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver each month. And while the price of silver didn't rise and precious gold was being drained away while cheap silver piled up in the treasury, this act helped to precipitate the panic of 1893 and caused a decrease in foreign investments in the United States economy. This act was later repealed in 1893. Thus, while the supporters and reforms of the Populists were ahead of their time because of the ideas, views, and reforms that they had, they were behind their time because of the ideas, views, and reforms that they had, they were behind their time because there ideas and views were not exactly agreed with by all members of the country and their reforms caused problems later on after being set in motion.
The Question #3
ReplyDeleteHarrison, a Republican, was elected to the presidency in 1888, defeating the Democratic incumbent, Grover Cleveland. He was the first and only president from the stateof Indiana. Hispresidential administration is best known for its economic legislation, including the McKinley Tariff and the Sherman Antitrust Act, and for annual federal spending that reached one billion dollarsforthefirsttime. Democrats attacked the "Billion Dollar Congress", and used the issue, along with the growing unpopularity of thehigh tariff,to defeat the Republicans, both in the 1890 mid-term elections and in Harrison's bid for reelection in 1892. After failing to win reelection he returned to private life at his home in Indianapolis where he remarried, wrote a book, and later represented the Republic of Venezuela in an international case against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1900 he traveled to Europe as part of the case and, after a brief stay, returned to Indianapolis where he died the following year from complications arising from influenza.