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
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Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Philippines
Scopes Monkey trial
Booker T. Washington
Big stick diplomacy
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
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Flappers
Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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.
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Ida Tarbell
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Sinking of the Lusitania
Niagra movement
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.
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Mass culture 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
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.
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Palmer raids
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Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
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)
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Secret ballot
Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Cash and Carry
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
Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
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
Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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