The great migration
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
W.E.B. Dubois
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Mass culture
Pure food and drug act
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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.
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
N.A.A.C.P
Niagra movement
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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)
Scopes Monkey trial
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
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Spanish-American War
Big stick diplomacy
