APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Progressivism

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

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

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

Scopes Monkey trial

Mass culture 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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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)

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

Harlem Renaissance

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

American imperialism

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

Cash and Carry

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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

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

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

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

Increased nativism

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish-American War

Secret ballot

Sedition act of 1918

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Mass culture 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

Espionage Act of 1917

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

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

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business

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.

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

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

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