APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

1920's politics

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

Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

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

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)

A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

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

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

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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators. Progressives argued this helped take senators out of the pockets of millionaires and big business

Increased nativism

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

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

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

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

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

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

Progressive's concerns

Cash and Carry

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

Immigration Quotas

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

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

Progressivism

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Red Scare

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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)

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

Sinking of the Lusitania A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

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

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