Homework Nine Answers - Student Seven
Aran M.
1. I think that the antitrust laws are good as they stop trusts from happening keeping opportunities open for smaller businesses start and prosper rather than being held down by large monopoles. They also keep prices of goods low as there is computation between smaller businesses.
2. I think that Imperialism can be a good thing if the country imposing it has good intentions for the country. The smaller country benefits by being protected and the larger country benefits from the smaller countries resources.
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4. I think the cartoon is of President William McKinley (the man) holding the Philippines (the child) near the cliff that leads to Spain with the world (globe head) watching him to see if he will throw the Philippines back to Spain.
5. The âCross of Goldâ speech was given by William Jennings Bryan soon after panic and economic depression of 1893
6. I think that the U.S. involvement in Libya could be a result of yellow journalism as the media was publicizing many reports about how cruel El-Gadhafi was to the Libyan people. This turned the American people against him which could have been a contributing factor to the U.S. involvement there.
7. Grover Cleveland was the conservative democrat elected in 1884. He was very conservative and was only nominated to the democrat party to try to win republican votes which he did.
8.=a.+b.
a. In 1893 Queen Lydia Liliuokalani was dethroned because she was only recognizing native Hawaiians and replaced by an American minister named James H. Blount. In 1898 Hawaii was annexed to the U.S. and in 1959 it finally became a state.
b. Probation was illegalization of selling alcohol in the U.S. this was caused by WCTU. It was passed as the 18th constitutional amendment in 1919 and was later repealed by the 21st constitutional amendment in 1933.