APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

Upton Sinclair

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

Cash and Carry

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

Espionage Act of 1917

The great migration

Red Scare

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

Sedition act of 1918

Zimmermann telegram

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Harlem Renaissance

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

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

Direct election of senators

Scopes Monkey trial

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

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

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)

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

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

Lend-Lease Act

Booker T. Washington

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

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

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.

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

Philippines

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

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

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)

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

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

1920's economic boom

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

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.

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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.

Mass culture

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

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

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

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

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

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