President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Spanish-American War
Ida Tarbell
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
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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)
Square deal
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Germany 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.
Booker T. Washington
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
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Direct election of senatorsGave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Meat inspection act
Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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
Big stick diplomacy
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
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1920's politics
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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Flappers
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.
Espionage Act of 1917
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Pure food and drug act
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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
Crisis in American values
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Big stick diplomacy
Spanish-American War
Booker T. Washington
Square deal
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Harlem RenaissanceBlack artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
In 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.
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1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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