Espionage Act of 1917
Sinking of the Lusitania
Square deal
Progressivism
The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.
Harlem Renaissance
W.E.B. Dubois
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later
The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
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.
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
1920's economic boom
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Philippines
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
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
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.
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Direct election of senators
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business
Booker T. Washington
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
Zimmermann telegram
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
