APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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.

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.

Meat inspection act

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jacob Riis

18th amendment passed

Zimmermann telegram

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

Progressivism

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

Niagra movement

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

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

Red Scare

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

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

Espionage Act of 1917

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

Increased nativism

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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)

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

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

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.

Cash and Carry

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

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

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

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

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

Flappers

Meat inspection act

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

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.

Upton Sinclair

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

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

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