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
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Pure food and drug act
Lend-Lease Act
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.
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
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Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Meat inspection act
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.
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
18th amendment passed
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Booker T. Washington
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Progressive's concerns
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
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
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
Great depression
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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
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
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
