APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

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

Jacob Riis

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

Square deal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mass culture

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

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

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

Big stick diplomacy

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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.

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

Upton Sinclair

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)

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

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

Palmer raids

Espionage Act of 1917

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

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

Meat inspection act

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

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

Niagra movement

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

Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

Harlem Renaissance

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.

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

Red Scare

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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