Rising power of big businesses Uncertainties in the economy Violence between labor groups and employers Influence of political machines Jim Crow segregation Rights of women
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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
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
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
Espionage Act of 1917
Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Crisis in American values
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Jacob Riis A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Flappers
Cash and Carry
Niagra movement
Sinking of the Lusitania
Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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
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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
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Scopes Monkey trial In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.
Pure food and drug act
1920's politics
Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Spanish-American War
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Progressive's concerns Rising power of big businesses Uncertainties in the economy Violence between labor groups and employers Influence of political machines Jim Crow segregation Rights of women
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Zimmermann telegram Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Jacob Riis A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
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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
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Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
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