Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
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Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Meat inspection act
Cash and CarryRoosevelt 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
Direct election of senators
The great migration
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Progressive's concerns
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Ida Tarbell
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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Jacob Riis
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Square dealWhen coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Palmer raids
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Mass cultureThe 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
Spanish-American War
Scopes Monkey trialIn 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.
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Harlem Renaissance
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1920's politics
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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Cash and Carry
Korematsu vs. U.S.
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.
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Spanish-American War
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Progressivism
Red Scare
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Mass culture
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
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Upton Sinclair
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Hoovervilles
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Palmer raids
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
W.E.B. Dubois
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Secret ballot
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.
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Muckrakers
Booker T. Washington
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants