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Roosevelt’s attempts to fix the country through his ways like programs gave him much power and it kinda turned out to be dictatorial and the government and the public was angry as it went against the key principles of democracy.

Many parts of the government found the new deal to be unconstitutional and certain groups to help the country like the NRA and the AAA who seemed to have too much power shutting down many parts of Roosevelt’s plan as in the end he was powerless with hate coming from Congress and the Supreme Court.

In the cities african americans had to give up their entire life and any possible jobs and racial violence increased with lynching increasing rapidly, to put this in emphasis ½ of african americans were unemployed.

federal reserve didn't want to put more money into circulation because they were scared it would cause inflation, but they didn't intend that to actually cause a depression instead

90% of banks had investments in the stock market and since they were only allowed to keep a small amount of money in the bank when the market crashed there was only so much money to give out and as soon as the banks lost its assets it closed down causing everyone unable to access their bank accounts and scramble for their savings.

Panic played a huge role in the causes for the crash as the blind belief of continuous prosperity of the 1920s were in people’s minds once people started to realize that they might not ever see their money again and the prosperous past would go away it caused people to rush to banks who barely had enough of money in the beginning.

Monetary Base: control the amount of money physical and Monetary Base and Money Supply are directly related due to the fact of physical cash.

Jazz represented a symbol of freedom in the form of lyrical prose and musical expression during the tough discrimination and racism and overall it was a form of expression and emotion which quickly spread all over the country which affected films and many more industries.

Speakeasies were people who illegally sold alcohol going against prohibition which increased crime and these people worked with people like Al Capone.

Assembly Line/Mass Production helped people to speed up making things and jobs increased and overall the cost became more affordable which helped many people.

The Committee on Public Information was a big part of the propaganda methods in order to encourage soldiers to go to war and help the country suit for war. They wanted all Americans onboard in the war effort.

World war weapons include submarines, poison gas, warplanes and tanks.

Stalemate was a period in the Great War where neither the Allies nor the Central Powers could gain a decisive advantage over the other on the Western Front. This was especially due to trench warfare.

German U-Boats were German submarines that broke international law, attacked ships without warning.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was a lack of fire regulations and building regulations which caused the deaths of many and the fire department was understaffed, there was no escape and people jumped out of windows in chance of survival from the fire and it all started off with a cigarette. Due to this incident regulations and expectations have been increased especially for working conditions. Elevators barely worked and were dangerous and the stairs were impossible to open in time.

Upton Sinclair was a journalist who was pro-muckraking and uncovered several issues like meat and food quality and drugs.

Alice Paul was a striker and stood up for up women’s rights and openly criticzed the president and antis and she never gave up for better reform and even starved herself while in jail to avoid eating but the government treatment of women and prisoners were hell and she was force fed in order from dying.

Ida Tarbell found corruption in Rockefeller’s Oil company and his treatment of the workers and the conditions were dangerous.

Ida B Wells wrote articles about how lynching was a crime and how it was prejudice against African Americans with having no basis at all, simply out of racisim. Her work spurred mix reactions but she never achieved lynching laws due to her being a black women. Her work still remains as a key important part removing prejudices against African Americans.

Booker T Washington was an educator and a philanthropist he built a school for black people to be educated so they can stand up for their rights and unite the black community for a social reform

“ social change could be accomplished only through agitation and protest” - T Washington Belief

WEB Dubois was the first black person to receive a PHD from Havard and he became an activist to spark change for african americans especially in education. He believed that if African Americans received proper and equal education it would spark black uprise for social change

The two ocean navy was necessary to build because one the country needed to increase its military power to compete with other countries to either get countries or be a big force and two to show off the power and stance of the country.

Roosevelt Foreign Policy:

Functions in U.S. gov to conduct relations with about 200 nations worldwide

Take Care of the Western Hemisphere

Speak Soft carry with a big stick

Foreign Policies Goals:

National security

Peace and recure global environment

Balance of power among nations

Working with allies

Democratic values and human rights

Foreign trade and global involvement

New vs Old Immigrants:

Northern and western Europe during the old immigration

Southern or Eastern Europe during the new immigration

Larger numbers of immigrants during the new immigration

Old immigrants were treated better because new immigrants were more diverse and poor

New Technology/ Buildings in the Cities:

Air brake

Dining cars

Sleeper cars

Intra-city transportation

Rise of skyscrapers

Electric lighting

Electricity Faster

Jacob Riis, who took flash photography with powder and by this he showed the terrible states of the cities and tenements bringing light to it and emphasizing change.

Causes for America Expanding its Borders:

Sensualist writing was yellow journaling.

Monroe Document

European Expansion need to compete (Social Darwinism)

Expand the Navy so we can have power

Manifest Destiny

American Properties need to be protected.

Reasons Against Imperialism:

Making enemies

Hypocritical (we were once colonized)

Reject ideas of Democracy

Constitution must follow flag

Nativism

Immigrants will steal jobs

Very expensive

Amendments and Loopholes:

Legacy Reconstruction:

Occurring during the decade following the Civil War, Reconstruction saw the legal abolition of slavery, the establishment of equal protection under the law, and increased opportunities for Black men to vote and hold political office

Reason for annexing phillipines: a place to trade and gateway to markets, especially China.

Isolationism - (loner) strict non involvement in affairs of other nations

Collective security - (team player) working with other countries to maintain peace and influence world affairs

Internationalism - (world policeman) intervening in other countries affairs to promote import national interests to safeguard national security

Imperialism - (bully) extending power by acquired territory around the globe or exploiting weaker nations