APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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.

Philippines

Scopes Monkey trial

Booker T. Washington

Big stick diplomacy

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

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

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

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

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

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

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

Secret ballot

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

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

Flappers

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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

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

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.

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

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

Ida Tarbell

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

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

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

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

Niagra movement

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.

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

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

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.

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

Palmer raids

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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)

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

Secret ballot

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

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

Cash and Carry

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

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

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

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

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