APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

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

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

Big stick diplomacy

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

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.

Secret ballot

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Espionage Act of 1917

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Jacob Riis

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

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

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.

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

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

Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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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.

When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation

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

N.A.A.C.P

American imperialism

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

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

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

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

Increased nativism

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

Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

New deal

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

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

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.

Harlem Renaissance

Progressive's concerns

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

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

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

Korematsu vs. U.S. Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

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

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