Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
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Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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
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
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)
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Hoovervilles
Big stick diplomacy
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Cash and Carry 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
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
18th amendment passed
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Espionage Act of 1917
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Palmer raids
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Lend-Lease Act
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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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.
Red Scare
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Booker T. Washington
Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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Frozen!
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
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
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
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.
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Immigration Quotas
Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Spanish-American War
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Square deal When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Scopes Monkey trial
18th amendment passed
Great depression
Cash and Carry
Ida Tarbell
Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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.
Flappers
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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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
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