Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
Flappers
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Sinking of the Lusitania
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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
The great migration
Square deal
Niagra movement
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.
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Korematsu vs. U.S.
fourteen points
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
American imperialism
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.
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
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Hoovervilles
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
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Palmer raids
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
