President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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.
Muckrakers
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
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
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Pure food and drug act
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
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
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
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
N.A.A.C.P
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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.
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)
1920's economic boom
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
