American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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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
Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Muckrakers
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.
The great migration
Zimmermann telegram 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.
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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
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Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Spanish-American War
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
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
Scopes Monkey trial
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
W.E.B. Dubois Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
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Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
18th amendment passed
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
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
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
Palmer raids
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Upton Sinclair
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Niagra movement
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Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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)
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Progressive's concerns
American imperialism
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Scopes Monkey trial In 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.
18th amendment passed
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1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
N.A.A.C.P
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Secret ballot
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
Crisis in American values
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
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
W.E.B. Dubois
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Sedition act of 1918
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
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
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