History of the United States, Volume 5Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
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History of the United States, Volume 5
Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
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CHAPTER XIV. THE UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT--PHILIPPINES AND FILIPINOS.
Area of the Philippines.—The Native Tribes.—Population.—Education Under
Spanish Rule.—Filipinos.—Iocoros.—Igorrotes.—Ilocoans.— Moros.—Spain as
a Colonist.—Religious Orders.—Secret Leagues.—Spain and the
Filipinos.—Emilio Aguinaldo.—The Philippines in the Treaty of
Paris.—Senate Resolution.
CHAPTER XV. THE UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT.--WAR.--CONTROVERSY.--PEACE.
Filipinos’ Foothold in Philippines.—Attitude Toward
Filipinos.—President Orders Government Extended Over
Archipelago.—American Rule Awakens Hostility.—First Philippine
Commission.—Philippine Congress Votes for Peace.—Revolution.—Treachery
of Filipinos.—General Frederick Funston Captures Aguinaldo.—Aguinaldo
Swears Allegiance to the United States.—The Constitution and the
Philippines.—United States Supreme Court
Decisions.—Tariff.—Anti-Imperialism.—Second Commission.—Civil
Government Inaugurated.—Educational Reforms.
CHAPTER XVI. POLITICS AT THE TURNING OF THE CENTURY.
Candidates for President in 1900.—McKinley Renominated.—Bryan
Nominated.—Gold Democrats.—Fusion.—Populists.—Silver
Republicans.—Anti-Imperialism.—Tariff for Colonies.—Porto Rico
Tariff.—President McKinley’s Opposition to Bill.—Campaign Issues.—Boer
War.—Trusts.—Democratic Defeat.—Coal Strike.—Reasons for Democratic
Defeat.—Mr. Bryan Insists on Silver Issue.—Monetary System on a Gold
Basis.—Result of Election.
CHAPTER XVII. THE TWELFTH CENSUS
Permanent Census Bureau.—Alaska Census.—Method of Taking Census.—Two
Thousand Employees.—Population of United States.—Nevada Loses in
Population.—Urban Increase.—Greater New York.—Cities of More than a
Million Inhabitants.—Loss in Rural Population.—Centre of
Population.—Proportion of Males to Females.—Foreign Born
Population.—Character of Immigration.—Chinese.—Congressional
Apportionment.—Farms.—Crops.—Manufacturing Capital Invested.—Foreign
Commerce.—Revenues.—War Taxes Repealed.—National Debt.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, 1901
The Opening.—Triumphal Bridge.—Electric Tower.—Temple of
Music.—Architecture.—Coloring of the “Rainbow City.”—Symbolism of
Coloring.—Sculpture.—Electrical Illumination.—The Chaining of
Niagara.—The Midway.—The Athletic Congress.—Conservatory.—The
Spanish-American Countries Represented.—United States Government
Building.
CHAPTER XIX. MR. McKINLEY'S END
President McKinley’s Address at the Pan-American Exposition.—The
President Shot.—His Illness and Death.—The Funeral Ceremony.—In
Washington.—At Canton.—Commemorative Services.—Mr. McKinley’s
Career.—Political Insight.—Americanism.—His Administration as
President.—Leon Czolgosz, the Murderer of President
McKinley.—Anarchists.—Anti-Anarchist Law.—Vice-President Theodore
Roosevelt Succeeds to the—Presidency.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
(From a copyright photograph, 1899, by Pach Bros., New York).
A NEW YORK POLLING PLACE, SHOWING BOOTHS ON THE LEFT.
BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN.
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