APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

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

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

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

New deal

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

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

Big stick diplomacy

Sedition act of 1918

Pure food and drug act

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

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

Crisis in American values

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

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

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Square deal

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

Harlem Renaissance

Niagra movement

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

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

Mass culture

Hoovervilles

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

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.

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

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

Espionage Act of 1917

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

When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation

Crisis in American values

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Progressivism

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

Jacob Riis

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

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

Direct election of senators

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.

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

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

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.

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

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