APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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

Spanish-American War

Korematsu vs. U.S.

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare Germany resumed sinking passenger ships two years later

Prohibited anyone from making negative comments about the government

American imperialism

A new and more efficient way to manufacture products like cars

Progressivism

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

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

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)

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Ida Tarbell Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

Flappers

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

1920's politics

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

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

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

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

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

Enforcing the Sherman Anti-trust Act

Meat inspection act

N.A.A.C.P

Zimmermann telegram

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

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

Unrestricted submarine warfare

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

Big stick diplomacy

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

Harlem Renaissance

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

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

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

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

Assembly line

Red Scare

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

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

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

Philippines

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

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

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

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

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.

18th amendment passed

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

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

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

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

N.A.A.C.P

End this game?