Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Hoovervilles
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.
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Spanish-American War
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Crisis in American values
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
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Niagra movement
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
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
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
