APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

New deal

Immigration Quotas

Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children (and others)

Flappers

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

Ensured Americans were eating safe and uncontaminated food

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Square deal

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

fourteen points

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

Crisis in American values

Mass culture

Sedition act of 1918

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.

Red Scare

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

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

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

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

Direct election of senators

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

Crisis in American values

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

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

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

New deal

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

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

1920's economic boom

Harlem Renaissance

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

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

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