Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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.
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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
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
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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
Niagra movement
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Scopes Monkey trial
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
fourteen points
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Spanish-American War
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
The great migration
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Flappers
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
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
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
