APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

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

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

American imperialism

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

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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)

Ida Tarbell

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

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.

Espionage Act of 1917

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

Hoovervilles

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

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

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

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

New 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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

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

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.

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

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

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Meat inspection act

Spanish-American War

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

Crisis in American values

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.

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

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

Cash and Carry

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

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

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.

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

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