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
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Unrestricted submarine warfare
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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
Ida Tarbell
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Palmer raids
Assembly line
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
W.E.B. Dubois
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Great depression
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Spanish-American War
Mass culture
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Cash and CarryRoosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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)
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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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.
Jacob Riis
American imperialism
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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
Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
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Mass culture
Assembly line
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Philippines
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
New deal
W.E.B. Dubois
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1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
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.