Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Spanish-American War
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Big stick diplomacy
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Direct election of senators
Hoovervilles
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
American imperialism
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Crisis in American values
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
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
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
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
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
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.
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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.
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Great depression
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
