Political Party: Republican Terms: 1889-1893

Era

  • Period 6 (1865-1898)
  • Gilded Age

Political Policies

  • Bimetallism
  • Sherman Anti-trust Act (1890)
  • Ocala Platform (1890)
  • Populist Party (1891)
  • Omaha Platform (1892)

Social Policies

  • National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) (1890)
  • Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)
  • Sierra Club and John Muir (1892)
  • Social Gospel Movement
  • Gospel of Wealth
  • Hull House and Jane Addams (1889)
  • “How the Other Half Lives” by Jacob Riis (1890)

Economic Policies

  • Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890)
  • McKinley Tariff
  • Homestead Strike (1892)

Foreign Policy Developments

  • Pan-American Conference (1889)
  • “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History” by Alfred Thayer Nahan (1890)