American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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
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
Muckrakers
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.
The great migration
Zimmermann telegram
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.
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Spanish-American War
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Philippines
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
Scopes Monkey trial
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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.
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
18th amendment passed
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
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
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
Palmer raids
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Upton Sinclair
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
