APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

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

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

Harlem Renaissance

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

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

Progressivism

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.

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

Sinking of the Lusitania

Red Scare

Jacob Riis

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Muckrakers

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

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

Mass culture

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

Booker T. Washington

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

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

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

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

Pure food and drug act

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

Led by W.E.B. Dubois who organized a group of black intellectuals who met and organized to secure rights for African americans

W.E.B. Dubois

Spanish-American War

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

Increased nativism 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

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

Set standards of sanitation for meat packing plants

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

Sedition act of 1918

Roosevelt began enforcing the act more strictly and dismantled over 40 large companies (only bad trusts)

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

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

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

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

Muckrakers

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

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

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Flappers

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

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

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

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.

Crisis in American values

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

Progressivism

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

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

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