APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

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

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

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

Zimmermann telegram

Meat inspection act

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

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

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

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

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

Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

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

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

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

Cash and Carry

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Progressive's concerns

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

Direct election of senators

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 Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

Assembly line

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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

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

Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

Niagra movement

Big stick diplomacy

Mass culture

Upton Sinclair

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

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

Red Scare

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

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

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

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

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