Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Philippines
Sinking of the Lusitania
Cash and Carry
Secret ballot
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)
Direct election of senatorsGave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Spanish-American War
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.
Harlem Renaissance
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
The great migration
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Booker T. Washington
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
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
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Assembly line
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Espionage Act of 1917
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
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
Boost!
Boost!
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Frozen!
Frozen!
The great migration
Secret ballot
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Square deal
Frozen!
Frozen!
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
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Meat inspection act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Great depression
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
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.
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Progressivism
Spanish-American War
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs