Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
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
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Wrote 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
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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
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
Palmer raids
Mass culture
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
American imperialism
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
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Scopes Monkey trial
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
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Sinking of the Lusitania
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
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American imperialism
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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Frozen!
PhilippinesTeddy 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
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Crisis in American values
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Frozen!
Frozen!
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
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
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
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Boost!
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
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
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Spanish-American War
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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.
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Big stick diplomacy
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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.
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.