Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Frozen!
Frozen!
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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)
Red ScareAnti-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 SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Palmer raidsThe 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 privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Ida Tarbell
PhilippinesTeddy 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 diplomacyAn 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 senatorsGave 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 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.
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.PSought 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 actEnsured 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
Boost!
Boost!
Spanish-American War
Boost!
Boost!
American imperialismIdeas 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
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Direct election of senators
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Frozen!
Frozen!
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Hoovervilles
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Progressive's concernsRising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
Boost!
Boost!
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Muckrakers
PhilippinesTeddy 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
Spanish-American War
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Zimmermann telegram
Secret ballot
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Scopes Monkey trial
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)