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
Mass culture
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
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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.
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
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
Espionage Act of 1917
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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.
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Crisis in American values
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Dubois
18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
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
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
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Flappers
Cash and Carry
Niagra movement
Sinking of the Lusitania
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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
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
