He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Boost!
Boost!
Meat inspection act
Frozen!
Frozen!
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
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Philippines
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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
Big stick diplomacy
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Boost!
Boost!
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Spanish-American War
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Frozen!
Frozen!
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Zimmermann telegram
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
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
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
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
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.
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Sedition act of 1918
Boost!
Boost!
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
Frozen!
Frozen!
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Frozen!
Frozen!
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Meat inspection act
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Flappers
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Boost!
Boost!
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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.
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.
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
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Spanish-American War
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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.
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Secret ballot
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
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