Great compromise

Great compromise

Resolved the Rep. issue by providing a two-house congress where equal rep. existed in the Senate and house rep. would be determined by a state’s population.

3/5 Compromise

Ended the debate on gov. Rep. and the counting of slaves counted each slave as 3/5 of a person to determine taxation and representation.

13th amendment

outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude in the U.S.

14th amendment

all persons born in the U.S. are citizens are to be equally protected under the law and shall not be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due of process.

Industrial Revolution

describes the transformational period of a primarily agrarian economy & society to one that was marked by manufacturing and increased urbanization.

15th amendment

The right of every citizen of the U.S. to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Social Darwinism

Applying darwin’s principle of natural selection " “survival of the fittest”, it was argued that gov. ought to stay out of the business world which improves the economy as a whole and eliminated weakest businesses.

Populist Peoples Party

Political party which wanted to increase the money supply wanted a Federal income tax and called for the gov. ownership of railroads, telegraph, and telephone.

Jim Crow Laws

Laws that segregated black and white people in the south.

Plessy V. Ferguson

the supreme court legalized segregation in public places if the facilities were equal in condition or function “separate but equal” was established.

Muckrakers

Journalists who looked to expose corruption in gov. & business.

Pure food and drug act

Forbid the sale of impure foods, drugs, and liquors.

Imperialism

One nation dominating one or more nations by use of military or economic policy.

Yellow journalism

Sensationalistic newspaper reporting that distorted the truth to sell papers, contributed to the cause of the Spanish-American War.

Spanish-American war

War fought in the Spanish colonies of Cuba & the Philippines. War lasted a few months and the U.S. was victorious. As a result the U.S. acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

Red Scare

fear that communists & anarchists were planning to take over america.

National origins act of 1924

restricted the number of immigrants allowed to come to America.

Sacco & Vanzetti

Italian immigrants who were self-proclaimed anarchists who were convicted of robbery and murder without solid evidence and sentenced to death.

18th amendment

prohibited the production, distribution, and consumption of alcohol commonly referred as “prohibition”.

19th amendment

gave women the right to vote in the 1920’s

New deal

Roosevelt’s plan of relief, recovery, and reform and gov. experimentation to fight the great depression.

A.A.A

to increase level of income for farmers, they were forced to stop farming and destroy some animals prices for agricultural products rose as a result.

21st amendment

repealed the 18th amendment, made alcohol legal in America.

C.C.C

provided 250,00 men ages 18-25 with gov. jobs to help develop national parks and restore American historical sites.

Social Security

gov. retirement program where employees have money deducted from their paycheck and upon their retirement and gave help to the unemployed.