APUSH Unit 7 Review

7.
2 (1898-1945)
 Imperialism- Expansion of one country’s political, economic and military influence over another
country
 Imperialists- Wanted more access to natural resources and secure new markets for American
goods.
 White Anglo Saxon race was the greatest and it was their duty to bring glory of Western
civilization to bad parts of the world.
 Increase in naval strength to secure foreign markets.
 Anti-imperialist- Nation should decide for itself who ruled it and what laws were passed (self-
determination)
 Long history of isolation from foreign affairs
7.3
 Yellow Journalism- Exaggerated facts and opinions shared in newspapers.

 They exaggerated atrocities committed by Spanish on Cubans so America will get involved.
 Platt Amendment- US could intervene in Cuba if it harmed their interests militarily.
 Annexation of the Philippines for 20 million dollars
7.4
 Causes of the Progressive movement- Growing power of big business, uncertainties in the
economy, increasingly violent conflict between labor groups and their employers, political
machine power, Jim Crow Segregation in the South, lack of women’s suffrage, and alcohol
 Progressives believed that some government intervention was the only thing that could save
society.
 Muckrakers- Progressive journalists who wanted to expose unfairness.
 Progressives wanted a secret ballot which allowed people to vote for anyone they want, and
they could avoid scrutiny from political machines.
 17th Amendment- Transferred the responsibility of electing senators to people rather than state
legislatures.
 18th Amendment- Forbade the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
 19th Amendment- Recognized women’s right to vote.
 Initiative- Voters could require legislators to consider a bill that they chose to ignore.
 Referendum- Voters themselves could vote on the adoption of proposed laws.
 Recall- A way to remove a corrupt politician before their term was complete.
 NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)- Abolish segregation and
expand education opportunities for black children.
 Niagra movement- Black individuals would meet frequently to organize protests.
 Pure food and drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
 Forest Reserve Act
 Square Deal- Roosevelt would remain impartial to big business and workers.
 Destroyed bad trusts.
7.5 (WW!)
 Started with the assassination of Archduke France Ferdinand
 Triple Entente (Allied powers)- Britain, Russia, France
 Triple Alliance (Central powers)- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
 Unrestricted submarine warfare
 Zimmermann Telegram- Sent to Mexico by Germany to start war with United States
 Wilson’s 14 points- Freedom of the seas, self-determination of nations, and League of Nations
7.6
 War industries board- Coordinated labor and management for factories to pump out war related
materials.
 Food Administration- Ensured there was sufficient food for people at home and troops.
 Migration from rural to urban areas to work in factories.
 Espionage/Sedition Act- Silencing anti-war sentiments
 Restriction of accurate information and silencing opinions about the Spanish Flu
 Red Scare- Fear of communist infiltration in America
 Emergency Quota Act/National Origins Act- Set the quotas for accepting new immigrants very
low for Southern and Eastern Europe and from Asia
 Great Migration- Huge populations of Southern blacks migrated to urban centers in the North
because of new opportunities in industries.
 Tulsa Massacre- A woman claimed a black shoe shiner had assaulted her, so a white mob was
created to lynch him but was confronted by a black mob. This led to a lot of destruction in the
black community and 10,000 people were homeless with 300 dead.
7.7
 Assembly Line manufacturing

 Roads became a dominant urban feature.
 Advertising agencies (using emotional appeals)
 Radio and cinemas spread popular culture.
7.8
 Women who were in urban centers had more opportunities to enter the work force.
 Flappers- Women who went against the norm (show ankle, smoking, drinking, cutting hair short)
 Harlem Renaissance- Revival of the arts and intellectual pursuits of Black people in New York
 Jazz
 Scopes Monkey Trial- Modernism had triumphed over fundamentalism because of the rejection
of Darwin’s theory of Evolution.
 Modernists- Changing culture
 Fundamentalists- Believed every word of the bible must be taken seriously and did not approve
of degradation of morals in cities.
7.9 & 7.10 (The Great Depression)
 Stock Market Crash

 Hawley-Smoot Tariff caused the United States to not be able to sell its good on an international
scale and combined with overproduction of agriculture goods led to a depression.
 Roosevelt campaigned on heavy government intervention in this depression to help people, so
he won by a landslide against hoover.
 New Deal- Relief for the unemployed, recovery for businesses, reform of economic institutions
 Relief for the Unemployed- Public Works Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, Civilian
Conservations Corps
 Recovery for businesses- National Industries Recovery Act
 Reform of economic institutions- Glass-Steagall Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Securities and Exchange Commission
 Social Security Act
7.12
 Federal spending increased exponentially.

 America was pulled out of the Great Depression because of the increase in GDP caused by
increased government spending in the war effort.
 The War Production Board and the office of War Mobilization used automobile factories to
produce war vehicles and other needed materials.
 Blacks participate in the war to put race issues on the national agenda and increase their status
back home.
 Double v Campaign- Victory In the war and victory by ending segregation.
 Mexicans were allowed to come into the US to farm because Mexican Americans were also
leaving to fight in the war.
 Selective training and service Act
 Korematsu v United States- Japanese people were getting relocated to camps because of WW2
and Korematsu argued that this was unconstitutional of the 5th amendment. The courts argued
that it was constitutional since it was a martial necessity.

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 Yellow Journalism- Exaggerated facts and opinions shared in newspapers.

 Assembly Line manufacturing

7.9 & 7.10 (The Great Depression)

 Stock Market Crash

 Federal spending increased exponentially.

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