APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

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

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

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

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

Scopes Monkey trial

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

Big stick diplomacy

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.

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

Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

New deal

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

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

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

Progressivism

Spanish-American War

Sedition act of 1918

Pure food and drug act

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

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)

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

Upton Sinclair

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

Increased nativism

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Booker T. Washington

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

Square deal

Upton Sinclair

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

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

Believed in active government and he grew the government more than any president before him.

Teddy Roosevelt progressivism

Allowed Britain to 'borrow' the weapons they needed

Great depression

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

Progressivism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Red Scare 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

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

Harlem Renaissance

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