Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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)
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Great depression
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Spanish-American War
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Red Scare
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
Progressive's concerns
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
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.
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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
Square deal
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
