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lincoln steffens "the shame of the cities"
*he was a famouse reporter in new york
*he made articles that were named "the shame of the cities"
*they were based on his investigation he did with the municipal government -
W.E.B DuBois
*He agrees with the equality of negroes and whites
*he was an american sociaologist, historian, civil right acticist, author and editor -
herbert croly "the promise of the american life"
*he was an intellectial leader in the progressive movement
*he wrote the book "the promise of the american dream"
*he was an editor, political philosopher, and the co-founder of the magazine called the new republic -
theodore drieser "maggie, a girl of the streets; an american tragedy"
*was an american novelist and journlist
*he made novels named "Maggie, A girl of the streets" & "an american tragedy" -
Marcus Garvey
- was a jaimcan publisher journalist, and orator *he was commited with the black nationalism and pan-africanism movement
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Period: to
20th century
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1906 Hepburn act
This act prohibited railroad to go into certain areas.
Gave them maximum rail road rates. -
Ballinger- Pinchot controversy (1909) Nov. 13
• It was also known as “Ballinger Affair”
• It was a dispute contributing to split up the Republican Party before the 1912 presidential election. -
Dollar diplomacy dec. 3 1912
This policy was created by William Howard Taft
It’s to insure the stability to a region while protecting and expanding American commercial and financial interest. -
Underwood- simmons tarrif 1913
*re-imposed the federal incom tax
*followed by the aproval of the 16th ammendment and it lowered tarrifs rates by 40%- 25%
*this was signed by president wilson on oct 03, 1913 -
1914 Military intervention in vera cruz
*the Battle of vera cruz
*the fight was between U.S and Mexico
*it was becouse if the diplomatic relations . -
Booker T. Washington
*he was a slave
*an african american that was an educator, author, orator and a political leader.
*he was the one representing the african americans in the last generations
*he dont agree with social equality with negroes and whites -
zimmerman note
*unrestricted submarine warfare
*keeping u.s neutral
*Germans making mexico join them in battle and give them a good offer. -
salvation army and social gospel movement
*it was an intellectial movement that happened mostly in the 20th century in the u.s and canada.
*this applied to christians issues and problems -
Selective Service Act
*gave the federal government to increase their their national army for the entry of the wwI
*they were planing on that since december 1916 and it got president wilsons attention
*agriculture incresed -
Fourteen Points
*these where plans to create peace after the WWI
*the speech was given by the U.S president wilson
*invovlved the league of nations -
1918 Influenza Epidemic
*known as the spanish flue
*most people affected were the young adults
*killed 600,000 in us in 10 months -
Red Scare and Palmer Raids 1919-1920
*were some attempts that the U.S justice wanted to arrest the anarchists
*the U.S department of labor did not agreed with palmers methods.
* deported around 500 foreign people -
League of Nations
*it was basically a govermental organization
*they are the ones that ended WWI (Paris peace conference)
*this was the first organization that was getting the whole world into peace
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jane adams, hull house, settlement houses
*it was a settlement house in the u.s
*hull house opened in the year 1911
*the house incresed into 13 buildings
*social workers
