Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
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
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Meat inspection act
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
Direct election of senators
The great migration
He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors
Progressive's concerns
The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.
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.
Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas
Ida Tarbell
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Jacob Riis
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Square deal
When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation
Palmer raids
Assembly line
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them
Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.
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
Spanish-American War
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.
People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening
Harlem Renaissance
1920's politics
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
