Period 7 Flashcards
Period 7
1890-1945
USA enters WW1
1917
In 1920 3 things happened
- Height of red scare
- The 19th Amendment grants women suffrage (women were allowed to vote)
- Beginning of Harlem renaissance
Women’s role in the Progressive Era
“New Women” became guardians of homes, joined clubs, founded settlements, and fought for women suffrage and the prohibition of alcohol.
The treaty of Paris in 1898 ceded
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines for $20 millions. Spain also recognized Cuba’s independence.
TR lounged antitrust action against the—— and secured the passage of the Hepburn Act to regulate the railroads.
Northern Security Company
Lost generation writers criticized shallow middle-class materialism and mindless conformity. Some poets/authors include
Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald and TS Eliot.
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Created jobs for 2 mil unemployed men 18-25 in conservation parks etc
The Glass-Steagall Banking Act established
FDIC to guarantee bank deposits up to 5000. (long term)
The New Deal Coalition included
Urban dwellers, labor unions, Catholics, Jews, White Southerners, and African Americans.
Marcus Garvey
Jamaican who started the black nationalism in the US and first colored man to develop a mass movement.
