Lend-Lease ActAllowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust ActRoosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
Secret ballot
W.E.B. DuboisArgued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.
Flappers
The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
1920's politics
PhilippinesTeddy 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
Boost!
Boost!
Scopes Monkey trial
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Red Scare
American imperialism
fourteen pointsWilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
ProgressivismThe idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Zimmermann telegramGermany 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.
A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
Progressive's concernsRising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
Frozen!
Frozen!
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Espionage Act of 1917
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
Boost!
Boost!
18th amendment passedBanned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
W.E.B. Dubois
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
PhilippinesTeddy 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
Progressive's concernsRising 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 progressivismBelieved 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
Palmer raidsThe AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Boost!
Boost!
Ida TarbellPublished a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
Frozen!
Frozen!
New dealPublic works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Sinking of the LusitaniaA German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Direct election of senatorsGave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Niagra movementLed by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans
MuckrakersInvestigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Square dealWhen coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
FlappersWomen who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Big stick diplomacy
Sedition act of 1918Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Scopes Monkey trialIn 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.
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Spanish-American War
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
The great migrationOver 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Franklin D. Roosevelt electedBelieved in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.