Increased nativism
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
18th amendment passed
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
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.
Espionage Act of 1917
Scopes Monkey trial
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
Philippines
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Secret ballot
New deal
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Immigration Quotas
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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.
Assembly line
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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
Harlem Renaissance
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Ida Tarbell
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
