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It was a period in American History filled with political and social reform. One main goal of the era was to "purify" the government. Two major themes that activists fought for were prohibition and womens suffrage.
Activisits joined groups to reform local government, public education, industry, railroads, churches, and medicine. |
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| The Great Migration was the migration of about 1.7 million African-Americans from the Southern United states to the North and western parts of the country. They migrated to mostly industrial cities. |
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| The Lusitania was a large British Ocean liner that traveled from the US to Britain. When the Germans declared the water around Britain a war Zone they warned all German-Americans to not board the Lusitania. In 1915 a German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania sinking it. It had a large amount of Americans on board. |
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| New Warfare (Chemical warfare) |
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| Warfare was revolutionized in the early 1900's. Wars like WWI exposed for the first time chemical warfare. It was the use of pois0ns and gases during war. The French were the first to use it followed by the Germans in 1914. |
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| Comittee on Public Information (CPI) |
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1917-1919
The CPI was an independent Agency of the US government. It was in charge of influencing the American people on the US' parcipitaion in WWI. Its goal was to create enthusiasm for the war. |
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1917
This act gave the United states government the power to raise a national army through conscription. It was brought to President Wilson's attention in 1917 |
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1917
The tellogram was a message sent from Germany to Mexico encouraging them to declare war on the US. It was intercepted by the British intellegince. The telogram made the US public very mad and generated support for the US to declare war on Germany. |
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1917
The espionage act prohibited anyone from interfiring with military operation, to support military opponents, to support insubordination in the Military or to interfere with recruiment for the military. |
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1919-1920
The Palmers Raids were what the US department of Justice to deport radical leftists. It was responsible for the deportation of more than 500 foriegn citizens. It was led by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer. |
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1918
The sedition act was an extention onto the Espionage act. It prevented people from voices negative speech or opinions that made the war seem negative or interferred with the sale of war Bonds. |
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| The "Fourteen Points" was a statement by United States President Woodrow Wilson that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. |
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| Temperance was a large scale movement in the US which started in New York, Virginia, and Conneticut. It started with farmers that aimed to ban Wiskey. This idea spread around to eight states and led to large scale prohibition |
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| Addams was a settlement worker. She was a public philosopher, author, and leader in women suffrage. She believed that since the women were responsible for cleaning up the community then they should have also been able to vote. |
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1856-1915
Washington was an african-american educator and a dominant leader in the african-american community. He represented the last generation of blacks born into slavery. He supported black rights and help a strong opinion, even sercving as an advisor to some republican Presidents. |
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1906
An act that regulated the labeling of products that contained certain drugs |
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The 26th president of the US. He was a retired member of the Rough riders, a calvary unit during the Spanish-American war. He took over with the death of president McKinley. |
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| it is a social and economic idea that encourages purchasing goods on a large scale. After WWI the US switched from war-production to other products that were of use to the american public. It only encouraged the idea of consumerism. |
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| A radical white group who was prominent in the South. They preached purification, supported prohibition, and was anti-catholocism. By the 1920's it was said to contain between 4-5 million people. |
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| Ford was responsible for the creation of the Automobile. He also was a supporter of the mass production on a asembly line. His compnay was responsible for making a lot of the technology during the wars. |
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| The immigration act, created in 1924, was a federal law that put a cap on the number of immigrants that would be admitted into the US. |
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| A tax that is imposed on the US citizen when ever they pruchase something. The tax can vary. it was made permenent in 1916. |
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| The league was a bunch of countries joining together with the goal of remaining peaceful. It was created right after WWI. It was president Wilson's idea but odly enough the US was not part of the first League. |
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1919
The treaty was one of the peace treaties that ended WWI. This one was between Germany and the US and its allies. |
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| The idea that the government should supervise the countries natural resources and preserve it for future generations. |
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| The Harlem renaissance was a change in the culture in America. It was the rise of African-American's and other blacks into more advance parts of society like literature and art. It started in about 1919 in Harlem, New York. This helped solidify the blacks presence in society. |
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