Unit 10: The Party System and Politics in the 1880s and 1890s
Brinkley, Chapter 19-20

 

Unit Files AP US Unit 10-11Calendar
  AP US Unit 10 Overview
  Politics and Populism in the Gilded Age (powerpoint)
   
Unit Links The Pendleton Act (summary & excerpts)
  The Sherman Anti-Trust Act (summary w/cross references)
  An explanation of bimetallism and the silver issue
  A brief chronology of the currency issue
  William Jennings Bryan (u-s-history.com)
  The Election of 1896 (Vassar) (extensive, w/documents)
  The Spanish-American War
  The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures (Lib. of Congress)
  The Teller and Platt Amendments (Lib. of Congress summary)
  The Platt Amendment (short summary)
  The Platt Amendment (summary & text)
  U.S. v. E.C. Knight excerpts from the opinion
  U.S. v. E.C. Knight brief summary at PBS.org
  Wabash case summary
  William McKinley (McKinkley museum)
  William McKinley (C-Span/American Presidents)
  The McKinkley Era (Ohio State University)
   

 

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