APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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

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

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

Meat inspection act

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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

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

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

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

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

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

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

When coal miners began to strike, Roosevelt stepped in to negotiate what he called a 'square deal' for both the workers and the corperation

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

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

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.

Lend-Lease Act

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

Ida Tarbell

Great depression

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

1920's politics A Republican president was elected. He promised to reduce the government's involvement in people's lives and return to normalcy.

Sedition act of 1918

Direct election of senators

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

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

Anyone who tried to incite rebellion or obstruct the draft would go to prison

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

Jacob Riis

Great depression 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

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

Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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.

18th amendment passed

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

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

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