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
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
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
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
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
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Immigration Quotas
Sinking of the Lusitania
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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
Hoovervilles
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Muckrakers
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.
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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
W.E.B. Dubois
1920's politics
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
