Indentured Servants
Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
The most famous political machine organized and met the needs of immigrants and the poor in exchange for votes
Shay’s rebellion
Farmers had to take debt because they weren’t getting paid. Their land was being repossessed so they rebelled and closed the courts. They used Republican ideals to justify it.
Dred Scott case
The plan for representation favored by large states. It called for 2 houses with population based representation and a strong national government.
National union open to ALL laborers. Wanted to end child labor and end trusts
Containment
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Effects of the War of 1812
Confirmed ability of a Republican Government to defend itself. Americans completed conquest of everything east of the Mississippi. War broke remaining indigenous power, and white settlers poured in to former native lands.
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Republican party formed
Election of 1824
The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
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
Zimmermann telegram
Spain sells Florida
Stamp act
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Grew to over a million members by 1901 and had some modest successes
Connecticut compromise
Congress would have 2 houses, one with equal representation and one with population based representation.
Sherman antitrust act
Henry Clay's American system
Federally funded internal improvements, protective tariffs, and the re-establishment of the bank of the united states.
Square deal
Checks and balances
Different branches of government could check each other to prevent abuse of power.
First great awakening
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
republican motherhood
the idea that women needed to become educated so that they could educate the new generation
Common sense
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
