Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
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.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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
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
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Spanish-American War
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
fourteen points
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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
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
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
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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
The great migration
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Progressivism
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
