APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

1920's politics

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

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

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

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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Progressive's concerns

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

W.E.B. Dubois

Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

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

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

American imperialism

Spanish-American War

Pure food and drug act

1920's economic boom

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

Muckrakers

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Meat inspection act

The great migration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Upton Sinclair

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

Progressive's concerns

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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

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

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.

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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