APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

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

Hoovervilles

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

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

Immigration Quotas

Great depression

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.

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

American imperialism

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.

Muckrakers

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

Jacob Riis

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Mass culture

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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)

fourteen points

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Harlem Renaissance

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

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

Square deal

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

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

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

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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.

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.

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

Muckrakers

On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

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

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

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

Jacob Riis

Increased nativism

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

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