APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Philippines

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.

Crisis in American values

Harlem Renaissance

Jacob Riis

New deal

1920's politics

Upton Sinclair

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

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

1920's economic boom

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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

Pure food and drug act

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

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

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

Palmer raids

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Hoovervilles

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

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

fourteen points

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

Square deal

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

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.

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

Assembly line

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.

Philippines

Spanish-American War

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

A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements

Red Scare

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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.

1920's economic boom

Immigration Quotas

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

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