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.
Ida Tarbell
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
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
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Sinking of the Lusitania
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Flappers
Progressivism
The great migration
Progressive's concerns
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Great depression
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
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
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
