Explain Why Republicans Won All the Presidential Elections between 1896 and 1908 (McKinley and T. Roosevelt)? (12 marks)
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- Explain Why Republicans Won All the Presidential Elections between 1896 and 1908 (McKinley and T. Roosevelt)? (12 marks)
- Popularity of republican leaders such as McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
- McKinley was a civil war veteran and T. Roosevelt fought with distinction in Cuba in the Spanish-American war, this made them well known and popular.
- McKinley said, "a duty ... to civilisation and humanity, to intervene with force".
- McKinley was a civil war veteran and T. Roosevelt fought with distinction in Cuba in the Spanish-American war, this made them well known and popular.
- Popular with ethnic voters/African-Americans since the end of the civil war.
- Abraham Lincoln led the North to victory during the civil war, they were seen as the party who freed the slaves at the end of the civil war.
- The Republican Party was formed in 1854 as part of the anti-slavery movement.
- Popular with big business and urban voters.
- Republicans supported the gold standard and this was popular with big business, rich farmers and urban workers.
- Benjamin Strong gave his support for Britain's plan to return to the gold standard
- To help strengthen the pound Strong kept interest rates low. In 1927 when Britain's economy was struggling he lowered rates again
- Popularity of specific issues such as imperialism.
- Republicans tended to follow a more expansionist foreign policy and many people liked this because they believed it would bring money to America.
- Encourage by the yellow press, business thought that It could be economically benefial like in the Spanish-American war.
- The Democrats were generally anti-imperialist.
- McKinley said, "a duty ... to civilisation and humanity, to intervene with force".
- Republicans tended to follow a more expansionist foreign policy and many people liked this because they believed it would bring money to America.
- Benjamin Strong gave his support for Britain's plan to return to the gold standard
- Democrats wanted lower tariffs to make goods cheaper for normal consumers.
- Democrats less popular because they supported free coinage of silver which helped poorer farmers and rural areas.
- Republicans while mostly laisse-faire in their approach to big business they did put on tariffs to make people buy American products.
- He had an understanding of big business and could be relied upon in saying business and factories would thrive.
- Encourage by the yellow press, business thought that It could be economically benefial like in the Spanish-American war.
- Republicans supported the gold standard and this was popular with big business, rich farmers and urban workers.
- Mark Hannah/Electioneering.
- Mark Hannah managed Mckinleys campaigns of 1896 and 1900 and is often credited with creating modern electioneering techniques.
- McKinley's popularity would have helped support Hannah in his election campaign for other republicans
- McKinley's popularity would have helped support Hannah in his election campaign for other republicans
- He had a huge big business empire in coal, iron, shipping and banking and used $100,000 of his own money along with other money raised (around $16 million) from big business to run the campaign for McKinley.
- He had an understanding of big business and could be relied upon in saying business and factories would thrive.
- He employed 1500 republican campaign workers/speakers and sent letters out to voters.
- He created posters which showed the difference between the 2 main parties and suggested if people voted McKinley American factories would thrive.
- Mark Hannah managed Mckinleys campaigns of 1896 and 1900 and is often credited with creating modern electioneering techniques.
- Popularity of specific issues such as imperialism.
- Republicans tended to follow a more expansionist foreign policy and many people liked this because they believed it would bring money to America.
- The Democrats were generally anti-imperialist.
- Republicans tended to follow a more expansionist foreign policy and many people liked this because they believed it would bring money to America.
- Popularity of republican leaders such as McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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