Upton Sinclair
Secret ballot
Great depression
Direct election of senators
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
W.E.B. Dubois
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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.
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
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.
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Jacob Riis
Zimmermann telegram
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
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
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Progressive's concerns
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
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
Increased nativism
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
