Secret ballot
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Assembly line 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)
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American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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.
Progressive's concerns 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
1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
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
Philippines
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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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.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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
Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
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
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
Meat inspection act
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
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)
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Flappers Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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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
1920's politics
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
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New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Sedition act of 1918
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
N.A.A.C.P
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.
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
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Progressive's concerns 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
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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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Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Pure food and drug act
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