Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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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
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Square deal
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Scopes Monkey trial
Big stick diplomacy
Crisis in American values
Germany 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.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Assembly line
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
Great depression
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Direct election of senators
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
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.
New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Flappers
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Flappers Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Great depression
Mass culture
Meat inspection act
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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
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.
Progressive's concerns 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
Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Secret ballot
Immigration Quotas
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)
Upton Sinclair
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Zimmermann telegram
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
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
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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