Booker T. WashingtonHe argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Frozen!
Frozen!
Flappers
Secret ballot
Boost!
Boost!
Philippines
Assembly lineA new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Muckrakers
Red Scare
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Zimmermann telegramGermany 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.
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Meat inspection act
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
1920's politicsA Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
Upton Sinclair
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
The great migration
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Immigration QuotasLimited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Scopes Monkey trialIn 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.
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Boost!
Boost!
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
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
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
fourteen points
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
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
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
Unrestricted submarine warfareGermany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Pure food and drug actEnsured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Espionage Act of 1917Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
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Boost!
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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)
1920's economic boomThe standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
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 LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Scopes Monkey trialIn 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.
Increased nativism
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
Progressive's concernsRising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
American imperialismIdeas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Frozen!
Frozen!
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Big stick diplomacyAn aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Frozen!
Frozen!
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
Boost!
Boost!
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Jacob Riis
Great depressionThe stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
N.A.A.C.PSought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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