APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Increased nativism

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

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

Immigration Quotas

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meat inspection act

Mass culture

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.

An aggressive foreign policy that got the U.S. involved in many foreign conflicts

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

Secret ballot

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

Pure food and drug act

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.

Ida Tarbell

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

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

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

Progressivism

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

18th amendment passed

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

Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

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

Immigration Quotas

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

fourteen points

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

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

1920's politics

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.

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

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.

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Red Scare

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell

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

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.

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

Big stick diplomacy

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

End this game?