APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

Spanish-American War

Ida Tarbell

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

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

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)

Square deal

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

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

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.

Booker T. Washington

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

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.

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

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

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

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

Meat inspection act

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

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

Big stick diplomacy

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

1920's politics

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

Flappers

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.

Espionage Act of 1917

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

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

Pure food and drug act

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

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

Crisis in American values

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

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

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

Big stick diplomacy

Spanish-American War

Booker T. Washington

Square deal

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

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

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

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

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.

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Direct election of senators

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