APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

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

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

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

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

Hoovervilles

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

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

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

American imperialism

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Upton Sinclair

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

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

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Booker T. Washington

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

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

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

Spanish-American War

Cash and Carry

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

Palmer raids

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

Espionage Act of 1917

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

Great depression

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

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

Philippines

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

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

Lend-Lease Act

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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

Square deal

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

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

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

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

1920's economic boom

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

End this game?