Hoovervilles
Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Flappers
Great depression
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.
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
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
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
Increased nativism
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
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
Progressive's concerns
Progressivism
Secret ballot
A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars
Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects
Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
American imperialism
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
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
Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege
Sedition act of 1918
Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
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
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
Meat inspection act
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
W.E.B. Dubois
Teddy Roosevelt progressivism
