What did the 1892 Platform of the People's Party reference when it mentioned that "a hireling army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot [urban workmen] down"?
A) the shooting of Homestead strikers by armed members of the Pinkerton Detective Agency
B) the killing of 13 workers by federal troops during the Pullman strike
C) the arrest of Coxey's Army for "disturbing the peace" in Washington, D.C.
D) the use of police forces to break up strikers during the Haymarket Riot
A
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What will be an ideal response?
The Democratic platform of 1844 called for the reoccupation of ________ and the re-annexation of Texas.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Before a treaty annexing Hawaii to the United States could be rushed through the Senate in 1893,
a. President Harrison's term expired and anti-imperialist Grover Cleveland became president. b. war broke out between the United States and Spain. c. the white American "sugar rebels" decided that Hawaii should remain independent. d. popular opinion in the United States turned against such colonial ventures. e. the pro-annexation forces demanded that Hawaii be admitted to the Union as a state.
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A. Lincoln Steffens. B. Eugene V. Debs. C. Florence Kelley. D. William Haywood. E. A. Mitchell Palmer.