APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

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

Harlem Renaissance

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

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

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

N.A.A.C.P

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Square deal

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

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

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

Mass culture

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

Square deal

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

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

Sedition act of 1918

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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

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

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

Korematsu vs. U.S. 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

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.

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

Scopes Monkey trial

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

Harlem Renaissance

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