APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

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

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

Secret ballot

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

N.A.A.C.P

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

American imperialism

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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.

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

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.

Palmer raids

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

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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.

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

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

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

Big stick diplomacy

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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

The great migration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Niagra movement

Muckrakers

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

Secret ballot

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

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

Flappers

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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