HoovervillesPeople who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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Boost!
Spanish-American War
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Zimmermann telegram
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Pure food and drug act
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Direct election of senators
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
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Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilegeOn his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
fourteen pointsWilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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.
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
New deal
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Mass culture
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Square deal
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Meat inspection actSet standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
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Boost!
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Pure food and drug act
Flappers
Harlem Renaissance
Sinking of the Lusitania
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Square dealWhen 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
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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Teddy Roosevelt progressivismBelieved the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Cash and Carry
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
New deal
1920's economic boom
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.
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Upton SinclairWrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
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
Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Hoovervilles
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.