History of the United States, Volume 5

The volume surveys American political, social, and foreign affairs during the expansion era, roughly 1888–1902. It outlines state and national reforms, contested suffrage changes and disenfranchisement tactics in the South, and the major presidential campaigns and administrations that turned on tariffs, civil service, and monetary questions. It examines economic transformation and social conflict driven by industrialization, including trusts, labor strikes, disasters, and reform movements. It describes cultural and technological showcases such as the World’s Columbian Exposition and the Klondike and Yukon rushes. It follows the emergence of an interventionist foreign policy in the Spanish-American War and the subsequent occupation and governance of the Philippines.