FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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Zimmermann telegram
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Progressive's concerns
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Square dealWhen coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Cash and Carry
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Jacob Riis
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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)
Big stick diplomacy
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Direct election of senators
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
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Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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
Philippines
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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.
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Zimmermann telegramGermany 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.
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Cash and CarryRoosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved 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)
Upton Sinclair
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.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Espionage Act of 1917
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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