APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

American imperialism

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

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

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

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

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

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

Great depression

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.

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

A German U-Boat sank a passenger ship with 128 Americans on board

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

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

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

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

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

Red Scare

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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

Booker T. Washington

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

1920's politics

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

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)

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

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

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

Philippines

Ida Tarbell

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

Assembly line

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

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

Red Scare

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

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

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

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

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

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

Direct election of senators

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