When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Lend-Lease Act
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
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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.
Crisis in American values
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
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Muckrakers
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ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Progressive's concernsRising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
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
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Palmer raids
Red ScareAnti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Spanish-American War
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W.E.B. Dubois
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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Red Scare
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HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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.
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
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Crisis in American values
1920's politics
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
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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 SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Korematsu vs. U.S.
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
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Big stick diplomacy
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