Study
Tool: Chronological Events of the 1893-1901 Era – With Keywords to Help You
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Date |
Presidential
Election/Event |
Beyond |
Government
Institutions |
US Land Expansion |
US Economic
Development |
Issue/Organization
Development |
Political Party
Development |
1892-11 |
Benjamin
Harrison v. Grover |
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Panic of 1893 |
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1893-03 |
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Hawaii investigation
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1893-08 |
Cleveland
calls special session -Panic of 1893 |
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1893-11 |
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1893-12 |
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1894 |
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Wilson-Gorman
Tariff Act; personal income tax – Notice
Pollack v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co. |
National Municipal League formed |
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1894-03 -
1894-05 |
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“Legal Tender” Jacob Coxey’s Army – petition for road
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1894-06 |
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Pullman Strike –
American Railway Union Strike – E.V. Debs |
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1894-11 |
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Republican control of H of R |
1895
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Pollock v.
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co.[1] |
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US Bond sale -
handled by J.P. Morgan |
Anti-Saloon League formed |
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1895 |
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Cuban rebellion
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E.C. Knight case |
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Atlanta Exposition speech – Booker T. Washington |
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1896 |
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Plessy v.
Ferguson, decided |
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1896-11 |
William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan –Click here for the issues
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Populist support for Bryan - What were the Populists’ issues. |
1898-01 |
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Cuban riot
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1898-01 |
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Battleship
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1898-02 |
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de Lôme letter
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1898-02 |
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1898-04 |
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War authorized -
Teller Amendment
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1898-05 |
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Dewey in Manilla – Notice this and this list on the
Spanish American War.
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1898-07 |
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1898-11 |
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Anti-Imperialist League formed |
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1899-02 |
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Treaty ending war - Senate approval –
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Filipino resistance - Emilio Aguinaldo – Notice this and the 1901 event
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1899-09 |
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Open Door -
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1900-08 |
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Boxer Rebellion and US troops
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1901 |
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Aquinaldo capture (resistance through 1902, 1906) – Notice this and the 1899 event
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1901 |
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Renegotiate treaty (Clayton-Bulwer) - exclusive
canal control
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1901-03 |
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Platt Amendment -
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1900-11 |
William McKinley vs. William
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Panic of 1893 – Called the Great Depression until the one beginning in 1929 started
Quantities and the
Panic of 1893: 17-19% unemployed 600 banks fail 119 railroads bankrupt 15,000 business closed 100s of millions – losses in stock market |
Causes of the Panic of 1893 - McKinley Tariff (too high to buy—thus lower revenues for the government) - British bank failures (Britishers need their cash—thus sell their American investments and take gold, not paper dollars) - Government pensions (too many given out by Harrison) - Gold below $100 million, then $80 million (perceived as too little—thus too much fear) Cleveland, however, focuses on only one cause: The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890. He is wrong. Repeal of the act does not stop the depression. |
Copyright C. J. Bibus,
Ed.D. 2018 |
WCJC
Department: |
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– Dr. Bibus |
Contact
Information: |
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Last
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[1] It is the 1894 personal income tax that goes to the Supreme Court and the court declares this income tax unconstitutional—thus the later amendment to the Constitution.