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.
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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)
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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
Ida Tarbell
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
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
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
Lend-Lease Act
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
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.
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Spanish-American War
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
