Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Boost!
Boost!
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.
Increased nativism
Assembly line
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Progressivism
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
1920's politics
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
N.A.A.C.P
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
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
American imperialism
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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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
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
fourteen points
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.
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Ida TarbellPublished 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
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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
Boost!
Boost!
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
New deal
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Direct election of senators
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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
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Frozen!
Square deal
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Allowed 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
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Muckrakers
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)
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Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening