Upton Sinclair
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.
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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
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.
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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)
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
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Red Scare
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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
Niagra movement
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.
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Crisis in American values
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
