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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell

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

Palmer raids

Assembly line

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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

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

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

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

Great depression

Spanish-American War

Mass culture

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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)

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

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

American imperialism

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

Assembly line

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

Philippines

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

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

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

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

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

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

New deal

W.E.B. Dubois

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

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

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

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.

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