Creating a Constitution
What is another name for the Connecticut Compromise?
The Great Compromise
Who was the most famous corrupt city boss?
William M. Tweed
This is when a country assumes an active role in international affairs.
Internationalism
What were the 4 major causes of the Spanish American War?
Explosion of the USS Maine
Yellow Journalism
The De Lome Letter
Sympathy for the Cubans
Who is the final authority in the federal court system?
The Supreme Court
Who were the two major people from history that were responsible for the industrialization of precious metals used in all forms for the transportation systems?
John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
What is a national policy of avoiding political or economic entanglements with other countries?
Isolationism
What are areas of economic and political control in China?
Spheres of Influence
What is the political system in which power is divided between the national and state govt?
Federalism
The Telegraph grew with the _______?
Railroad
The US wanted land here for a naval base in the Pacific.
Hawaii/Pearl Harbor
The spread of these 2 things were part of the pressures for U.S expansion.
Democracy and Christianity
Powers the state and Fed. share. Raise taxes, borrow money, provide for public welfare, and administer criminal justice is defining what?
Concurrent Powers
Who created the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
Developed by John Hay, this favored open trade relations and said countries should have equal access to any ports in China.
Open Door Policy
List the 4 factors for imperialism.
Economic, National, Military, Humanitarian
There are 15 Executive Departments. What title do the heads of each department get?
Secretary
What part of the world were "old immigrants" to the U.S from?
Old immigrants were primarily from Northwestern European countries such as Germany, Ireland, England, and France.
-This stressed America’s special interests in the Western Hemisphere and remains, with some modifications, viable today.
-It was created in response to fears that European powers including Britain might expand its influence into the Western Hemisphere.
The Monroe Doctrine
This said that Cuba could not enter into foreign agreements and the U.S retained the right to intervene in Cuban matters.
Platt Ammendment