FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
PhilippinesTeddy 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
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
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.
1920's politics
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
fourteen points
Immigration Quotas
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
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
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Boost!
Boost!
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
American imperialism
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
W.E.B. Dubois
Cash and Carry
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
fourteen pointsWilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Zimmermann telegramGermany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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
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.
Flappers
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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.
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Booker T. Washington
Korematsu vs. U.S.
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
PhilippinesTeddy 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
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding