APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

1920's politics

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

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

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

Harlem Renaissance

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

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

Scopes Monkey trial

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

Palmer raids

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

New deal

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Spanish-American War

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Secret ballot

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

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

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

Harlem Renaissance

Ida Tarbell

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

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

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

American imperialism

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.

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

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

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

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

Lend-Lease Act

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

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

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

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.

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

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

Progressivism

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

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

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

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