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A system by Frederick Winslow Taylor to improve efficiency in industry.
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Progressive reforms to make elections more democratic.
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Journalists exposing corruption and social injustices.
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Speech by Booker T. Washington promoting racial accommodation and economic self-reliance for Black Americans.
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The U.S. officially took over Hawaii, expanding its Pacific influence.
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A war between the U.S. and Spain, leading to U.S. control over territories like Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
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U.S. policy ensuring equal trading rights in China.
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A war between Filipino nationalists and the U.S. following the Spanish-American War.
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Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic policy focused on consumer protection, control of corporations, and conservation.
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Expansion of the Monroe Doctrine, allowing U.S. intervention in Latin America.
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Early civil rights movement led by W.E.B. Du Bois, advocating for racial equality.
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Law ensuring food and drug safety.
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Regulation of the meatpacking industry after Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
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President Taft’s policy of using economic power to influence Latin America and Asia.
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Mass movement of Black Americans from the South to northern cities.
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Woodrow Wilson won due to a split between Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft.
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Allowed for direct election of U.S. Senators.
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Established the Federal Reserve to regulate banking.
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Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy promoting democracy and human rights.
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Strengthened antitrust laws to limit monopolies.
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Created to prevent unfair business practices.
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Opened for shipping, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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German U-boat sank this British ship, killing Americans and escalating tensions leading to U.S. involvement in WWI.
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Secret German proposal to Mexico for an alliance against the U.S., contributing to U.S. entry into WWI.
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U.S. troops in WWI under General John J. Pershing.
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Banned alcohol.
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Supreme Court case that upheld restrictions on free speech during wartime.
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Ended WWI, placing blame on Germany and leading to WWII tensions.
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Fear of communism in the U.S. following the Russian Revolution.
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Granted women the right to vote.
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Period of cultural transformation centered on jazz music.
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Group of disillusioned writers who criticized post-WWI society.
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Flourishing of Black cultural and artistic expression.
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Resurgence of the KKK, targeting Black Americans, immigrants, Catholics, and Jews.
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Restricted immigration based on national origins.
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Trial and execution of two Italian anarchists, reflecting anti-immigrant and anti-radical sentiments.
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International meeting to limit naval armaments and prevent militarism.
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U.S. financial plan to help Germany pay WWI reparations.
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Further restricted immigration, favoring northern and western Europeans.
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Trial over the teaching of evolution in schools, highlighting science vs. religion debates.
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An attempt to outlaw war internationally.
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Stock market collapse leading to the Great Depression.
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Severe drought causing massive agricultural damage in the Midwest.
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WWI veterans protested in Washington for early pension payments.
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A pivotal U.S. election that brought Franklin D. Roosevelt to power during the Great Depression.
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Civilian Conservation Corps, providing jobs for unemployed young men.
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Tennessee Valley Authority, creating jobs and infrastructure.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act, reducing farm production to raise prices.
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National Recovery Administration, promoting fair wages and prices.
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FDR’s foreign policy of non-intervention in Latin America.
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Works Progress Administration, creating jobs in public works and the arts.
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Strengthened labor unions’ rights.
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Established unemployment insurance and pensions.
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Laws attempting to keep the U.S. out of foreign conflicts.
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FDR’s failed attempt to expand the Supreme Court.
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Economic downturn during the Great Depression.
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Established minimum wage and child labor protections.
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FDR’s speech outlining global democratic values.
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Japanese attack that led to U.S. entry into WWII.
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Secret U.S. project developing the atomic bomb.
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Black Americans’ fight for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home.
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Program allowing Mexican laborers to work in the U.S.
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U.S. military strategy in the Pacific, capturing key islands.
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Allied invasion of Normandy, marking the turning point in WWII.
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Supreme Court ruling upholding Japanese-American internment camps.
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First atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. on Japan.
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Second atomic bomb dropped, leading to Japan’s surrender.
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Allied leaders planned post-war Europe
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U.S., U.K., and USSR met to finalize post-war plans.
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International organization established to promote peace and cooperation.