APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Harlem Renaissance

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

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

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

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

Secret ballot

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.

Flappers

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

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

Scopes Monkey trial

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

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Red Scare

American imperialism

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)

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Espionage Act of 1917

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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

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

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

Progressivism

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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

Big stick diplomacy

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

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.

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

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