The New Jersey plan
The plan for representation favored by small states. It called for 1 house of Congress with each state getting equal representation.
Square deal
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Colony settled by the Pilgrims. It eventually merged with Massachusetts Bay colony.
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.
Philippines
Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them
American protective association
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Established the western hemisphere as a U.S.-dominated sphere of influence without European involvement.
James Oglethorpe
Jamestown
XYZ affair
French and british continued to kidnap american sailors, so Adams sent ministers to negotiate. When they arrived, 3 agents demanded a bribe just to speak to the foreign minister. John Adams almost declared war.
Dawes act
Broke up tribal organizations and divided up tribal land and gave U.S. citizenship to natives who "Americanized" themselves
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Engel vs. Vitale
Fries rebellion
Farmers in southeast Pennsylvania stopped paying taxes for the larger military. John Fries led a peaceful protest, but John Adams ordered federal troops to stop the protest, and they made mass arrests, assaulted newspaper editors, and almost executed John Fries.
Jefferson's presidency
Spanish colonization
Annapolis convention
Secret meeting between delegates of 6 states to discuss how to fix the articles of confederation
Gospel of wealth
Andrew Carnegie argued that those with wealth should invest it into society
Roger Williams
A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south
Mass culture
The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity
Changes in farming
A new focus on cash-crops in the north and west, and a shift to more expensive mechanized farming methods put smaller farms out of business. Big trusts that farmers relied on (like railroads) also raised prices, making it even harder for farmers to make a living
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Booker T. Washington
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
French colonization
Manifest destiny
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Red scare
