Scopes Monkey trial
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Pure food and drug act
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
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
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Espionage Act of 1917
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Secret ballot
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
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
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
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
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
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
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Great depression
