President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Booker T. Washington
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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.
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Niagra movement
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
18th amendment passed
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
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
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
Spanish-American War
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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
W.E.B. Dubois
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
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
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Progressive's concerns
