Muckrakers
Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.
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
Cash and Carry
President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president
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.
Red Scare
Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia
Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience
Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries
Lived in urban areas
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.
Ida Tarbell
Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902
American imperialism
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
Korematsu vs. U.S.
Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity
Flappers
Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair
Immigration Quotas
Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants
Meat inspection act
Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants
Big stick diplomacy
An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts
Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect
N.A.A.C.P
Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)
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.
Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board
Pure food and drug act
Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food
Secret ballot
Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act
Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)
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
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
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.
Rising power of big businesses
Uncertainties in the economy
Violence between labor groups and employers
Influence of political machines
Jim Crow segregation
Rights of women
fourteen points
Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)
