Progressivism
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
fourteen points
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Ida Tarbell
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Crisis in American values
Immigration Quotas
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
18th amendment passed
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Palmer raids
Niagra movement
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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.
Upton Sinclair
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.
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Progressive's concerns
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Direct election of senators
Cash and Carry
Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
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
