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.
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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)
Meat inspection act
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.
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Crisis in American valuesEmbraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Increased nativismIncreased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Ida Tarbell
Secret ballotHelped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Pure food and drug act
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
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Jacob Riis
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Espionage Act of 1917
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
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Korematsu vs. U.S.Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Mass cultureThe 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
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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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 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
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Sinking of the Lusitania
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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Harlem Renaissance
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Espionage Act of 1917
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
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
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Cash and CarryRoosevelt 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
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MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
PhilippinesTeddy 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
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Direct election of senatorsGave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
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.
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New deal
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
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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Upton Sinclair
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.