Upton Sinclair
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W.E.B. Dubois Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
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Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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
Scopes Monkey trial 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.
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
fourteen points Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
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
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Red Scare
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Roosevelt 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
Philippines
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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
Niagra movement
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.
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Crisis in American values
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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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
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1920's economic boom
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Scopes Monkey trial 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.
Cash and Carry
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Jacob Riis
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
W.E.B. Dubois
18th amendment passed
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
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
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Progressivism
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N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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
New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
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