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period 7 apush
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| automobile impact | especially for young people. Previously, young men and women “courted” each other under heavy parental supervision. Automobiles allowed teenagers to meet outside the home without chaperones. freedom y mobility |
| automobile impact with black people | let blacks move about more freely but they were still subject to discrimination. Many black motorists were still banned from public services such as gas stations, rest areas, and motels. Police officer also harassed black motorists. |
| 19th amendment | womans right to vote - reformers wanted more |
| governement regulation | Progressives believed that increased government regulation could solve many different political, social, and economic issues. more government regulation was required in order to protect public health. |
| progressives | supported women’s suffrage because they felt it was an essential part of American democracy. They also typically supported Prohibition because it would use the power of the government to eliminate social problems. |
| prohibition | legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 |
| conservationist | felt that the responsible use of natural resources was not problematic. |
| preservationist | wanted to minimize human impact on the environment. He thus wanted to protect natural resources for exploitation and abuse. |
| great migration | Cultural rejuvenation occurred as many blacks moved north in search of jobs after WWI These social changes led to the Harlem Renaissance — a cultural phenomenon that focused on ethnic and regional identity in fashion, music, and literature |
| The Espionage and Sedition Acts | enacted to protect military secrets and enforce loyalty during World War I. The laws were mostly used to prosecute political radicals like Eugene Debs and Emma Goldman. |
| america neutral WWI | unrestricted U-boat warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram brought the US into the conflict on the side of the Triple Entente (Britain, France, & Russia) |
| spanish american war | brief and lop-sided victory. The Treaty of Paris required Spain to cede many colonies to the United States which made the U.S. an imperial power. brought US to stage as power country |
| new deal - increase gov regulation + spending | Roosevelt felt that more regulations were required in order to prevent problems cause Great Depression. New Dealers also wanted to see the government provide aid to people who were suffering and to stimulate the economy through higher spending |
| altered democrats and republicans -> new deal | . Previously, Republicans had been advocates of increased government power but now the Democrats absorbed that platform. African-Americans had supported the Republican Party since the Civil War but generally supported the Democrats |
| WWII - appeasement | Europe and the United States were concerned about the rise of fascism during the 1930s, most were afraid to confront Germany, Italy, and Japan. The policy of appeasement was designed to avoid another conflict but it only encouraged more aggression |
| US global power | World War II had devastated all the other major world powers, aside from the US and USSR. This left the US as the preeminent non-communist power and the nation took an increasingly dominant role in global affairs. |
| scopes trial | controversy between Fundamentalists- emphasized Biblical truth; Modernists-evolution and religion compatible- ended w/ modest fine against the teacher John Scopes who was accused of teaching evolution but the ban was eventually repealed in 1967. |
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