Scopes Monkey trial
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Booker T. Washington
Direct election of senators
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
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
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.
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 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
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
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
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Jacob Riis
Spanish-American War
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Niagra movement
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Progressivism
fourteen points
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Palmer raids
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
