The tariff act of March 3, 1883.. Election of Cleveland and Hendricks. .22-23 Opening of the Brooklyn bridge.. PRESIDENT HAYES' ADMINISTRATION. Letter on civil service reform.... Failure of Congress to pass appropriation The railway strikes of 1877. 2-3 The fishery dispute and award of the Halifax Resumption of specie payments. 8-10 Speculation and increase of immigration... 11 Party candidates and platforms.. Election of Garfield and Arthur.. Passage of bill for refunding debt.. 12-13 President Cleveland's Cabinet. Dispute between President and Senate.. 25-26 Repeal of the Tenure-of-Office Act. OHAPTER II. 1881-1886. 26-27 .27-29 The Samoan dispute 29-32 The Statue of Liberty 32 Passage of the anti-polygamy bill.. 32 Earthquake at Charleston, S. C.. 32-33 Melville W. Fuller becomes Chief Justice... 33 Creation of the Department of Labor..... 33 Admission of Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota.. 33 Flood at Johnstown, Pa. 33 Indian Wars 33-35 35-36 36-37 The Knights of Labor.... 37 Labor demonstrations and the Haymarket Square massacre 37-38 Decrease in crops and increase of imports. .38–39 Reduction of debt 39 Election of Harrison and Morton. 39-40 PRESIDENT GARFIELD ASSASSINATED; ARTHUR'S ADMINISTRATION. President Garfield's Cabinet.... Controversy with Conkling and Platt. Assassination of the President.. Arthur becomes President... Cabinet changes Foreign relations Check of prosperous conditions.... Increase of disbursements by Congress.. * Star Route” frauds 14 14-15 15 15 16 16-17 17-18 18 18 INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND FINANCE. Passage of the McKinley tariff bill. 42-44 Blaine's efforts for reciprocity. 42-43 The Sherman silver purchase law. 45-46 46-47 Admission of Idaho and Wyoming. Financial depression of 1884.... .48-49 49-51 Election of Cleveland and Stevenson. Cleveland's Cabinet 51-52 Repeal of the Sherman silver law. The Pullman boycott and other strikes....54-55 The Gorman-Wilson tariff law.. Efforts to maintain gold reserve. PART THREE. THE ERA OF TERRITORIAL AND COMMERCIAL EXPANSION. 1898-1912. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER III. 1898. 1898. THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES. President McKinley's efforts for peace. The debates in Congress. Blockade of Cuba The American and Spanish navies. Appropriations by Congress .93–94 97 .101-102 CREATING AN ARMY. Difficulties of mobilizing... .110-111 McKinley's call for volunteers, and reply.... 111 Volunteers supplied by States.. . 111-112 Establishing of training camps. 112 Hard work of commanders, and results...... 113 CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER II. 1898. THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA. 1898. The President's proclamations.. Dewey sails to the Philippines. The battle of Manila Bay... . 103-104 . 105-106 107-110 Uncertainty of Cervera's destination... Bombardment of Cuban ports..... The Winslow affair The attempt to cut cables.. 114 115 116 117 Departure of the army for Porto Rico.... 162-163 Landing of the troops.. . 163–165 General Miles' plan of campaign. ..167-168 GUASIMAS, CHAPTER XII. 1898. Conditions in training camps.. Embarkation of the army for Cuba.. Landing of the troops... Arrangements for advancing. The battle at Las Guasimas. 128-129 129 130-131 131-132 133-134 THE CAMPAIGN AT MANILA. CHAPTER VIII. Admiral Dewey's position.... ..172–173 Departure of the army for the Philippines.. 173 Spanish attacks on American forces.. 174 Merritt's plan to attack Manila.. 175 Capture of Manila . 176-177 1898. EL CANEY AND SAN JUAN. CHAPTER XIII. 1898. The situation at Santiago.. Sickness in army Spanish defenses at Santiago.. Plans for attacking the city. The battle of El Caney The battle of San Juan 134-135 135-136 .136-137 137-138 138-141 141-145 THE PEACE PROTOCOL AND THE TREATY OF PARIS, Bombardment of Manzanillo First steps toward peace... Signing of the Peace protocol... The Treaty of Paris..... . 177-178 .178–179 180 180-185 CHAPTER IX. 1898. CHAPTER XIV. 1898-1900. THE TAGALOG REVOLT. THE DE3TRUCTION OF CERVERA'S FLEET. 145-147 Sortie of the Spanish fleet.. 147 Destruction of the Maria Teresa and Viz- 147-149 Burning of the Almirante Oquendo. 149 Destruction of the Cristobal Colon, Pluton . 149–150 The end of the battle. 151-152 President McKinley's attitude toward Fili- pinos .....186-187 The Philippine Commission and its report... 187 The revolt of the Filipinos... .188-193 Capture of Aguinaldo and end of upris- ing .193-194 President Taft's inaugural address... 277-278 Enactment of the Payne-Aldrich tariff...278-280 The corporation and income taxes.. 280-281 The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy .281-282 Prosecution of the “Sugar Trust”. The Mann-Elkins Act, the Commerce Court .283–284 Trust prosecutions and decisions.. .284-286 Settlement of the fishery dispute.. .286-287 Taft's vetoes of tariff bills... .290-292 Defeat of reciprocity with Canada. .292-293 The peace treaties with France and Great Abrogation of the treaty with Russia.. Other events of Taft's administration....295–300 ...294–295 .256-257 258-259 .259-260 260-261 262 .262-265 Influence of westward migration.... . 340-341 Persons engaged in agriculture, 1870–1900.341-342 Area, production and values of principal CHAPTER III. 1865–1912. WEALTH, 346 The Bureau of Animal Industry. 346 Agricultural experiment stations.... 348 Plant cultivation and animal breeding...348–349 The farmers' coöperative movement...... 349-350 Conservation and reclamation.. 350 Rural educational development. .351-354 Social advance .354-355 Growth of wealth since 1860... .313-314 Industrial advance ...314-315 Railroad and commercial expansion. 315 Savings banks statistics..... 315-316 Temporary depressions ... 316 The concentration and control of wealth..316-317 CHAPTER IV. 1865-1912. CHAPTER VII. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. 1865–1912. FOREIGN COMMERCE. The relative importance of our industries.318,319 Iron and steel products...... .........319-322 Copper, petroleum, leather and cotton manu- factures .322-325 Production of mineral oils 325 The lumber industry . 325-326 Factors favoring our industrial expansion.326–327 Exports of manufactures... 1.327-328 Mining and mineral products.. 328–329 Statistical summary . 329-330 Growth of foreign commerce since the Civil War .... .355-357 Analysis of the export trade..... .357-360 Importance of our import trade. .360–362 Our economic independence... 362 Factors favoring our commercial develop- ment .362-363 The volume of trade. .363–364 |