Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Jacob Riis
Muckrakers
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Square deal
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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.
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Philippines
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.
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Sedition act of 1918
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Increased nativism
Increased 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.
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Mass culture
