APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Ida Tarbell

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

New deal

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers

A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

Progressive's concerns Rising power of big businesses Uncertainties in the economy Violence between labor groups and employers Influence of political machines Jim Crow segregation Rights of women

Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas

Mass culture The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity

1920's politics

Jacob Riis A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements

Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)

Helped make voting more fair by giving voters privacy and preventing party bosses from pressuring people into voting for them

fourteen points Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)

Philippines

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism Believed the president should set the legislative agenda for Congress. He led congress to pass a series of laws on consumer protection and enviornmental conservation

Flappers Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair

Wilson created many wartime agencies to coordinate the war. They encouraged Americans to ration resources and food, took control of railroads, and revitalized industries, causing more urban migration.

American imperialism Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.

Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

The great migration Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally of theirs, and in return they would help Mexico regain the land that they had lost in the Mexican-American war.

Niagra movement Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans

Cash and Carry Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass a looser version of the neutrality act that allowed anyone to purchase arms from the U.S. as long as they paid in cash and used their own ships to transport it

Niagra movement

Increased nativism Increased immigration from eastern Europe after the war created another wave of nativism. Led to the passage of the immigration quotas

18th amendment passed Banned the sale of alcohol. They thought it would right the moral wrongs of society, but it had the opposite effect

Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

Progressivism The idea that the problems within American society could only be fixed through vigorous government intervention.

W.E.B. Dubois Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Secret ballot

Mass culture The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity

Women who rejected stereotypical gender roles by drinking and smoking and having short hair

A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.

Spanish-American War

New deal Public works administration: employed people to work on infrastructure projects Tennessee Valley Authority: Hired people to control power plants and control flooding

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination

Lend-Lease Act Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

Upton Sinclair Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Philippines Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them

Square deal When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation

Crisis in American values Embraced the changing culture with respect to gender roles and scientific discoveries Lived in urban areas

Harlem Renaissance Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience

Hoovervilles People who lost their homes had to live in shanty towns. The name mocked President Hoover for not intervening

He argued that to achieve political equality, African Americans had to engage themselves in education and economic endavors

Muckrakers Investigative journalists who exposed the underbelly of corruption rampant in American.

1920's economic boom The standard of living for most Americans increased during the 1920s.

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