APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Spanish-American War

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

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)

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

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

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

Philippines

Square deal

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

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

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

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

Mass culture

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Sedition act of 1918

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Ida Tarbell

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.

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)

W.E.B. Dubois

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

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

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

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

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

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

Cash and Carry

Philippines

Crisis in American values

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

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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Progressive's concerns

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

Increased nativism

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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

N.A.A.C.P

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.

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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