Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
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.
Increased nativism
Assembly line
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Progressivism
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
1920's politics
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
N.A.A.C.P
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
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
American imperialism
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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
18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
fourteen points
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.
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
