APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

Booker T. Washington

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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

Upton Sinclair

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

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

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

A photojournalist who published a book called 'How the Other Half Lives' which showed the horrifying conditions of the people living in urban tenements

W.E.B. Dubois

Zimmermann telegram

Pure food and drug act Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

Meat inspection act

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

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

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)

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

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

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

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

18th amendment passed

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

Pure food and drug act

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

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

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

American imperialism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Zimmermann telegram

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

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

Increased nativism

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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)

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Muckrakers

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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