APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

Immigration Quotas

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

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

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

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

Meat inspection act

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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.

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

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

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

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

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

Hoovervilles

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

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.

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

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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Increased nativism

The great migration

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

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

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

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

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.

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

1920's politics

Progressivism

Espionage Act of 1917

Assembly line

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

1920's economic boom

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

N.A.A.C.P

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

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

Palmer raids

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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