Pure food and drug act
Ida Tarbell
Spanish-American War
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Zimmermann telegram
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
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
Jacob Riis
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Great depression
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
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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
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
Scopes Monkey trial
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.
Harlem Renaissance
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
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
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
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
