Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Jacob Riis
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.
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)
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
Big stick diplomacy
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
W.E.B. Dubois
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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
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
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
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
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
