Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Square deal
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Booker T. Washington
fourteen pointsWilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Secret ballot
Increased nativism
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Progressive's concerns
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Unrestricted submarine warfare
Jacob RiisA photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
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
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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
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
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Zimmermann telegram
Lend-Lease Act
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Sinking of the Lusitania
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Frozen!
Frozen!
Boost!
Boost!
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Zimmermann telegramGermany 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.
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Scopes Monkey trial
Red Scare
Frozen!
Frozen!
Jacob Riis
fourteen points
Espionage Act of 1917
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Progressive's concernsRising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
Philippines
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved 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 idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Square deal
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants