APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

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

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

Harlem Renaissance

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

Increased nativism

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.

W.E.B. Dubois

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

Great depression

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

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

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

Palmer raids

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell

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

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

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

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

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

American imperialism

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.

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

Crisis in American values

Scopes Monkey trial

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

Sedition act of 1918

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Mass culture

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

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Upton Sinclair

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