APUSH Unit 7

• Closing the frontier

• Economic Motives

• Racial Theories

• Naval Expansion

• Spanish-American War

• US gain Guam, Puerto Rico, Philipines

• Debates between Imperialists and anti-Imperialists

Urban, middle class women

Reform society socially and politically on local, state, and federal levels

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Federal Reserve

Teddy Roosevelt and John Miur, conservation vs preservation

Initiative, Referandum, recall, 17 and 19 amendments

neutral, but entered to “make the world safe for Democracy”

Restrictions of Civil Liberties, increased opportunities for women and african americans, Great Migration

Woodrow Willson and his 14 points

The US not join Leauge of Nations b/c of Washington’s Ghost

Russian revolution, communist scare, labor unrest, immigrants

Suppression of radicals, Immigrant quotas

Improved Standards of living, personal mobility, communication

Fundamentalists Christians vs Scientific Modernism (Scopes Trial)

Native-born vs new immigrants

Led calls to a stronger financial regulatory system, The New Deal by FDR

Relief, Reform, Recovery

Packing Plan used to pass acts for the New Deal program

Legacy reforms,Political realignment (African Americans vote more democratic)

Attack on Pearl Harbor, leading to mass mobilization

factory opportunities for women and minorities

increased weapon production

fights for Rights in home country while fighting for their country

Manhattan Project, dropping atomic bombs since japan would refuse to surrender

Emerge as most powerful nation since Europe is in ruins