U.S. History.

You must reference the documents in question (either by document name or authors name) and discuss them fully to receive full credit for this section.  For this exam you are responsible for chapters 1-3 of Documents in U.S. History, and Readings in U.S. History. Your response should be ¾ of a page.

1. What was “free silver” and why did William Jennings Bryan and the People’s Party advocate for it in 1896? Provide specific examples from Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech and the People’s Party Platform in your essay.200words
2. What was the Monroe Doctrine, and how was it relevant to the policies that Roosevelt proposed in his speech “The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine,”? .200words
3. Albert Beveridge and William Jennings Bryan had very different views on American expansion in Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippines. What were their arguments? Which was stronger and why? .200words
4. What was the Open Door policy, as advocated by John Hay in his September 1899? How did this affect US policy abroad? .200words