APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

Philippines

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

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

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

Spanish-American War

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

Scopes Monkey trial

New deal

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

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

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

Harlem Renaissance

American imperialism

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Upton Sinclair

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

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

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

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

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

Espionage Act of 1917

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

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

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

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

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

1920's economic boom

Progressive's concerns 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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Increased nativism

Progressivism

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.

American imperialism

Direct election of senators

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

End this game?