APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Scopes Monkey trial In Tennessee it was illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution to children. A teacher was arrested for teaching it to his class. In the end, the conviction was thrown out on a technicality.

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

Palmer raids The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations

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

Muckrakers

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Immigration Quotas

Philippines

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

Zimmermann telegram 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.

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)

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

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

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

Spanish-American War

Direct election of senators

1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.

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

Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

Great depression The stock market collapsed on black Tuesday. People borrowed money to invest in the stock market. Everyone lost their money.

Espionage Act of 1917

Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

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

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Zimmermann telegram

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

The great migration

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

Assembly line A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

1920's economic boom

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

Red Scare Anti-german sentiment shifted to anti-communist sentiment as people feared communist infiltration from Russia

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

1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.

Flappers

New deal

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

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

Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

Jacob Riis

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

Great depression

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

N.A.A.C.P Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

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)

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

The AG tasked FBI Director Hoover to gather information on suspected communists and led to mass arrests and deportations

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

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

Sedition act of 1918 Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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