APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

Philippines

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

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

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

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

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

American imperialism

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

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

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

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

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

Red Scare

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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.

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

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

Progressivism

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Sedition act of 1918

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

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

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

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

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

Niagra movement

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

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

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

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

Assembly line

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

Flappers

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

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)

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