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1890-1945 (Progressive Amendments (17th (ensured senators were elected…
1890-1945
Progressive Amendments
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18th
prohibition amendment
prohibited the sale of alcohol. at least, it was supposed to. it didn't work out well, and was eventually repealed by the 21st
16th
essentially, the income tax
taxes on income, regardless of where it comes from, and is not part of the state power
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Square Deal
plan for reform, focus on "busting trusts", government regulation of big businesses
Spanish American War
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resulted in Cuba's independence and annexation of Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam
Harlem Renaissance
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musicians, poets, writers, and painters all expressed feelings about injustices, such as Jim Crow laws
some examples are Zora Neal Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Duke Ellington
League of Nations
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U.S. voted to not join, as it would take away self-determination and ability to declare war
Internment Camps
because of suspicion of peoples with Japanese heritage, U.S. forced thousands to internment camps
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after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. became very suspicious of anyone with Japanese heritage
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Big Stick Policy
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essentially to engage in diplomacy, but always have a strong military to back up policies
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Lend-Lease Act(1941)
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gave FDR powers to sell, transfer, lend equipment and exchange with any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on Hawaii naval base on December 7th, 1941
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Hiroshima
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Japan did not, U.S. bombed Hiroshima first then Nagasaki
Muckraking
Ida Tarbell
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investigative journalism on monopolies, like Standard Oil
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Great Migration
the movement of over 300k African Americans from the south to northern cities for new opportunities and less discrimination
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Modern Era
Jazz Age
describing the 1920's "liberated, urbanized" era
generally refers to the arts, like American jazz, which came from the African American community
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