APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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)

American imperialism

Booker T. Washington

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

Crisis in American values

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Niagra movement

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

Secret ballot

Spanish-American War

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

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

Progressive's concerns

Hoovervilles

W.E.B. Dubois

Immigration Quotas

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

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

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

Jacob Riis

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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.

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

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

Progressive's concerns

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

New deal

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

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

Red Scare

Booker T. Washington

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

Harlem Renaissance

Pure food and drug act

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

End this game?