APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.

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

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

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.

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

Ida Tarbell

Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Square deal

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

The great migration

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

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

Mass culture

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Jacob Riis

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

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

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

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.

Sinking of the Lusitania

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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

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

Cash and Carry

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Direct election of senators

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

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.

Red Scare

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

Secret ballot

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

End this game?