APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Mass culture

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

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

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

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

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

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

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

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

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

Pure food and drug act

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

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

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

Muckrakers

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

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.

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

Niagra movement

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

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

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

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

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

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

The great migration

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

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

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

Progressive's concerns

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

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

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.

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

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

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)

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

Lend-Lease Act

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

Upton Sinclair

Spanish-American War

Challenged the practice of Japanese Internment, but SCOTUS ruled that it was a wartime necessity

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

1920's politics

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

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