APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

W.E.B. Dubois

Direct election of senators Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Crisis in American values

Sedition act of 1918

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

Zimmermann telegram

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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

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)

Assembly line

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

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

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

Big stick diplomacy

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

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

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

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

Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

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

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

Lend-Lease Act

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

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

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

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

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

Scopes Monkey trial

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.

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

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

Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

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

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

Korematsu vs. U.S.

Flappers

Espionage Act of 1917 Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

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

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

fourteen points

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

Jacob Riis

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

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

Upton Sinclair

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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.

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

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