Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
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
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
N.A.A.C.P
18th amendment passed
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
1920's politics
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Progressive's concerns
Spanish-American War
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)
Jacob Riis
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
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Philippines
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
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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
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.
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.
