APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Ida Tarbell

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.

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

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

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

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

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

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

W.E.B. Dubois

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

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

American imperialism

Upton Sinclair

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

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

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

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Niagra movement

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

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

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

Palmer raids

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

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

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

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

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

New deal

Progressivism

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

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

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

Muckrakers

Wilson articulated his vision for the post-war world. Freedom of navigation, self-determination of nations, and a league of Nations (before the UN)

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

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

On his first day in office, WW addressed Congress on the need to provide relief to Americans by lowering tariffs

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

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

Meat inspection act

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.

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

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

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Progressive's concerns

Flappers

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

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

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