APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

W.E.B. Dubois

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

N.A.A.C.P

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

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

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

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

Flappers

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.

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Upton Sinclair

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

Ida Tarbell

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

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

Progressivism

Scopes Monkey trial

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

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

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

Mass culture

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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