APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

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

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

Muckrakers

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

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

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

1920's economic boom

Scopes Monkey trial

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

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

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

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.

Meat inspection act

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

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

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

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

Hoovervilles

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

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

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.

Direct election of senators

Jacob Riis

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

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

Muckrakers

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

Progressive's concerns

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

The great migration

Big stick diplomacy

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

Ida Tarbell

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

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.

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans

Mass culture

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Upton Sinclair

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