Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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
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.
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The great migration
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
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
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Pure food and drug act
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Harlem Renaissance
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
