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When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Lend-Lease Act
The great migration Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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.
Crisis in American values
Mass culture 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
Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
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
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Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
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 the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
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
Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Big stick diplomacy An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Palmer raids
Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Spanish-American War
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W.E.B. Dubois
Flappers Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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Red Scare
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Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Secret ballot Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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.
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
W.E.B. Dubois Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Crisis in American values
1920's politics
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
American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
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.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Korematsu vs. U.S.
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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Big stick diplomacy
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
Niagra movement
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