1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
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
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
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
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
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
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)
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
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.
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Crisis in American values
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
