APSUH Unit 7 (1898-1945) duel

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)

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

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

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.

Progressive's concerns

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

1920's economic boom

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

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

Spanish-American War

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Published a devastating investigation of standard oil in 1902

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

Philippines

President McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became president

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

1920's politics

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.

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

Jacob Riis

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected

Direct election of senators

1920's politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mass culture

Woodrow Wilson's Triple wall of privilege

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

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

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.

Hoovervilles

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

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

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

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

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

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

Red Scare

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

Immigration Quotas Limited the number of eastern European and Asian immigrants

Sinking of the Lusitania

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

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

fourteen points

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