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

fourteen points

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

Harlem Renaissance

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

Zimmermann telegram

Ida Tarbell

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

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

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

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

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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

New deal 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

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

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

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

Great depression 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)

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

Upton Sinclair

Assembly line

Teddy Roosevelt sent an American fleet to attack the Spanish colony. They staged a ground invasion in collaboration with Filipino nationalists and overthrew the Spanish, before buying it from them

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.

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.

Cash and Carry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Niagra movement

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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