New deal
1920's politics
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
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
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
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
Secret ballot
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
Pure food and drug act
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Progressive's concerns
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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)
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Great depression
The great migration
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
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
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
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
