APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

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

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

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

Booker T. Washington

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

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

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

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.

Mass culture

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

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

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

Direct election of senators

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

1920's economic boom

fourteen points

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

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

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

Flappers

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

Spanish-American War

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Espionage Act of 1917

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Secret ballot

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

1920's politics

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

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

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

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

Scopes Monkey trial

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

1920's economic boom

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

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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.

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

Increased nativism

Progressivism

fourteen points

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