Period 7 AI Summary (V2)

Middle

Belief in survival of the fittest, rejected by Progressives in favor of cooperation.

Enabled by the 17th Amendment, promoting democratization of the political process.

Professionalized local governments, making them non

Enforced by the FTC Act & Clayton Act to combat trusts and monopolies.

Allowed Congress to levy income tax for the first time in U.S. history.

Investigative reporters exposing corruption and urban problems, critiquing bosses & Robber Barons.

Author of 'The Jungle', influencing the Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food and Drug Act.

Journalist/photographer focusing on immigrant conditions in NYC.

Progressive President advocating conservation, labor reform, and trust

Roosevelt's policy for fair treatment of workers, farms, business, and people.

Reformer supporting tariff, trust, and Federal Reserve Act reforms.

Established 'Hull House' to aid urban poor, focusing on literacy and housing conditions.

Advocated prohibition led by Carry Nation to improve society morally.

Advocate for prison and mental health reform during the Progressive Era.

Movement of African Americans from the South to the North/West due to discrimination and job opportunities.

Used propaganda to garner support for WWI and suppress dissent.

Peace treaty ending WWI, included Wilson's 14 Points but lacked U.S. ratification due to League of Nations disputes.

Fear of communism post

1917 overthrow of Czar Nicolas II in Russia led by Lenin to establish communism.

Also known as Communist International, aimed to spread communist ideas globally.

Attacks on suspected radicals in the U.S. during 1919

Italian immigrants wrongly convicted of murder during the Red Scare.

Henry Ford's affordable car, mass

Briand Pact

1921

1924 loan to Germany to pay reparations, leading to economic instability.

1920s writers disillusioned with society, criticizing materialism and conformity.

Music symbolizing rebellion and freedom, popular among the youth in the 1920s.

1920s group hostile to minorities, experienced a resurgence due to 'Birth of a Nation'.

1920s cultural movement celebrating African American creativity and pride.

Symbolized women's liberation in the 1920s with unconventional behaviors.

Advocate for birth control to empower women and control family size.

Factors like stock market crash, overproduction, underconsumption, and farm decline.

1932 veterans' march for promised bonuses, forcibly disbanded by Hoover.

Hoover's initiative to provide financial aid to businesses during the Depression.

FDR's relief, recovery, and reform programs to combat the Great Depression.

Economic theory supporting government intervention during economic downturns.

New Deal program providing jobs for unemployed young men in conservation projects.

New Deal agency to regulate industry and stimulate economic recovery.

1933 law to raise farm prices by reducing production and offering subsidies.

Offered subsidies to farmers for limiting crop production.

Encouraged farmers to reduce production for price boost.

Supervised fair trade codes and guaranteed labor rights.

Employed young men on federal land projects.

Federal pension program for the elderly.

Guaranteed worker's right to unionize and bargain collectively.

Reformed American capitalism and increased labor unions.