Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
The great migration
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Crisis in American values
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Espionage Act of 1917
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
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
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Cash and Carry
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
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Immigration Quotas
Meat inspection act
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
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
Niagra movement
