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
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Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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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.
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
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
Scopes Monkey trial 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.
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Secret ballot
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
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
Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Jacob Riis
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
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Scopes Monkey trial 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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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Niagra movement
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Lend-Lease Act
Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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.
Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Spanish-American War
Sedition act of 1918
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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Mass culture
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
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
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
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
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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