APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Niagra movement

1920's politics

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

Immigration Quotas 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

Philippines

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

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

Meat inspection act

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.

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

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

18th amendment passed

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

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

American imperialism

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

Palmer raids

Red Scare

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

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

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

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)

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)

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.

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

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.

Great depression

A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements

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

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

American imperialism

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

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

Spanish-American War

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

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