Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Flappers
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
W.E.B. Dubois
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Sinking of the Lusitania
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Hoovervilles
American imperialism
Spanish-American War
Assembly line
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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.
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Big stick diplomacy
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
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
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
