18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Scopes Monkey trial
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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.
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.
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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.
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Upton Sinclair
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
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Mass culture
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Progressivism
