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
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.
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
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
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.
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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.
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
1920's politics
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
New deal
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
