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.
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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
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.
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)
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Pure food and drug act
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
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Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
New 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
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
The great migration
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Jacob Riis
Direct election of senatorsGave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
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
Mass culture
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
1920's economic boom
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
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Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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
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N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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
Sedition act of 1918
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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.
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A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Mass cultureThe 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
Spanish-American War
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Muckrakers
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Scopes Monkey trialIn 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.
W.E.B. Dubois
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers