APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Palmer raids

Spanish-American War

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Muckrakers

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.

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

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

Hoovervilles

Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

N.A.A.C.P

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

Cash and Carry

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Big stick diplomacy

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

fourteen points

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

Jacob Riis

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

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

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

Direct election of senators

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

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

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.

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.

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

W.E.B. Dubois

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

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

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

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

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

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Flappers

Secret ballot

fourteen points

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

Muckrakers

Niagra movement

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

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

18th amendment passed

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