APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

Meat inspection act

Cash and Carry

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

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

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

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

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

Progressivism

1920's politics

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

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

Lend-Lease Act

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

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)

Spanish-American War

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

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

Progressive's concerns

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

Harlem Renaissance

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

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

Increased nativism

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

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

Philippines

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Ida Tarbell

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.

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

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

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

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

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)

Flappers

18th amendment passed

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Pure food and drug act

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

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.

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

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

Assembly line

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

New deal

Upton Sinclair

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

Crisis in American values

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

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.

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

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

End this game?