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
Philippines
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
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Crisis in American values
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Immigration Quotas
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Flappers
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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
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
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
18th amendment passed
Spanish-American War
fourteen points
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Zimmermann telegram
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.
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
Direct election of senators
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
American imperialism
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
