Volume V Part 1 (1/2)

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

by E. Benjamin Andrews.

VOLUME V.

NEW YORK.

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.

1912.

CONTENTS

PERIOD VI

EXPANSION

1888--1902

CHAPTER I. DRIFT AND DYE IN LAW--MAKING

General Revision and Extension of State Const.i.tutions.

Introduction of Australian Ballot in Various States.

Woman Suffrage in the West.

Negro Suffrage in the South.

Educational Qualification.

”The Mississippi Plan.”

South Carolina Registration Act.

The ”Grandfather” Clause in Louisiana Const.i.tution.

Alabama Suffrage.

CHAPTER II. THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1888

Tariff Reform Democratic Creed.

Republican Banner, High Protection.

Republican Convention at Chicago.

Nomination of Benjamin Harrison for President.

Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Harrison.

Political Strength in the West.

National a.s.sociation of Democratic Clubs and Republican League.

Civil Service as an Issue in Campaign.

Democratic Blunders.

The ”Murchison” Letter.

Lord Sackville-West Given His Pa.s.sports.

Use of Money in Campaign by Both Political Parties.

Tariff the Main Issue.

Trusts.

”British Free Trade.”

Popular Vote at the Election.

CHAPTER III. MR. HARRISON'S ADMINISTRATION

Steams.h.i.+p Subsidies Advocated.

Chinese Immigration and the Geary Law.

Immigration Restriction.