Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
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
18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Square deal
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Progressive's concerns
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
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
1920's politics
Spanish-American War
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
N.A.A.C.P
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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)
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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
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
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
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
