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
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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
Progressive's concerns
1920's economic boom
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Mass culture
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
Great depression
Palmer raids
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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
Spanish-American War
Germany 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.
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
Cash and Carry
Sedition act of 1918
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
