Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas
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A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Booker T. Washington He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Flappers
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Direct election of senators
Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Ida Tarbell
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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.
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
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
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
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.
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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
Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
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Cash and Carry
Jacob Riis
Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
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
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Muckrakers
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Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
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
Crisis in American values
Meat inspection act
Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
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
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Niagra movement
Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Mass culture
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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.
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
18th amendment passed
Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
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He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
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