Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
1920's politics
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Square dealWhen coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Progressive's concerns
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
W.E.B. Dubois
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
American imperialism
Spanish-American War
Pure food and drug act
1920's economic boom
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
Muckrakers
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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.
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
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
Ida Tarbell
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Meat inspection act
The great migration
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Crisis in American values
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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.
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Upton Sinclair
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Progressive's concerns
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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
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
Scopes Monkey trialIn 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.
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.