APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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.

New deal

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

Palmer raids

Mass culture

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

American imperialism

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism 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

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

Scopes Monkey trial

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

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

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

American imperialism

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

Philippines 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

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

W.E.B. Dubois 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

Crisis in American values

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish-American War

Hoovervilles 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.

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

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

Big stick diplomacy

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

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

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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.

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