ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Frozen!
Frozen!
New deal
Immigration Quotas
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Frozen!
Frozen!
Flappers
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Square deal
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
fourteen points
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Crisis in American values
Mass culture
Sedition act of 1918
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.
Red Scare
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Sinking of the Lusitania
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Progressive's concernsRising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Boost!
Boost!
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
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.
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.
Frozen!
Frozen!
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Frozen!
Frozen!
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Direct election of senators
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Crisis in American values
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
New deal
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.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Jacob RiisA photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
1920's economic boom
Harlem Renaissance
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Sinking of the Lusitania
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.