APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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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

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

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

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

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

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

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

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

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

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

The great migration

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

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.

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.

Great depression

Scopes Monkey trial

Mass culture

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

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

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)

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

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

Zimmermann telegram

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Meat inspection act Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

Crisis in American values

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

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

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Progressive's concerns

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

Muckrakers

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

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.

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Increased nativism

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

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

Spanish-American War

Jacob Riis

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Red Scare

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