APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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.

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

Muckrakers

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.

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)

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

Pure food and drug act

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

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

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

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

New 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

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

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.

The great migration

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

Jacob Riis

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

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

Mass culture

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

1920's economic boom

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

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

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

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

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

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

Sedition act of 1918

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

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

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

Muckrakers

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

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

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

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.

W.E.B. Dubois

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

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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

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

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

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