HI410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: George Creel, Hard Currency, Northern Securities Company
25 Dec 2018
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Cuban people! : elected president in 1896 with his twin promises protect american business! Free the: he was conservative and republican, and throughout the campaigning he remained calmly seated on his front porch in canton, ohio. The only major statements he made were that he was in favor of sound money and restoring confidence . Alfred t. mahan: naval captain that thought that we needed a stronger navy, panama canal, and expansion, captain alfred thayer mahan was a naval officer knew the grand purpose to a costly navy. To be strong in the modern world. America must sell its products on all continents. To secure and protect these foreign markets. America needs a powerful navy: he wrote the influence of sea power upon history (1890, senator henry cabot lodge agreed with mahan. During the 1890"s, lodge also called for a bigger navy, along with other points.
