APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Zimmermann telegram

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

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

Over 1.5 million African Americans moved north in search of economic opportunities created by the war effort and an escape from southern discrimination

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

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

Lend-Lease Act

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

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

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

Upton Sinclair

New deal

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

Immigration Quotas

18th amendment passed

Secret ballot

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Scopes Monkey trial

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Jacob Riis

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

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

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

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.

Progressive's concerns

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

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

Meat inspection act

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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

Scopes Monkey trial

On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

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

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.

Hoovervilles

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)

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

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.

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

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

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

Philippines

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

Flappers

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

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

The great migration

Spanish-American War

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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