APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

Big stick diplomacy

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.

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

Spanish-American War

Argued that for african americans to have any shot at economic equality, they needed to be recognized as politically equal first.

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

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

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.

American imperialism

Ida Tarbell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

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)

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

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

Palmer raids

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

Progressive's concerns

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

Scopes Monkey trial

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

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

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

Assembly line

The great migration

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

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

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

American imperialism

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

Crisis in American values

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

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

Palmer raids

New deal

Ida Tarbell

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

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

Espionage Act of 1917

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

Jacob Riis

Progressivism

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.

Black artists and performers developed a distinct art that grew out of the black experience

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

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

Square deal

Spanish-American War

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

Pure food and drug act

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

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