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Postwar Troubles

Postwar Troubles. Chapter 22 Section 1. A. Demobilization War ended—business wasn’t ready 4.5 million soldiers back to work Unemployment rose—women went back home $2,000,000,000 in cancelled contracts 12% unemployment Working conditions and pay were bad. Labor Strife

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Postwar Troubles

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  1. Postwar Troubles Chapter 22 Section 1

  2. A. Demobilization • War ended—business wasn’t ready • 4.5 million soldiers back to work • Unemployment rose—women went back home • $2,000,000,000 in cancelled contracts • 12% unemployment • Working conditions and pay were bad

  3. Labor Strife • 3,600 work stoppages—4 million workers in 1919 • Seattle General strike • 60,000 workers left their jobs • Boston Police Strike • 75% went on strike • State militia called in

  4. C. The Red Scare • Anticommunist hysteria in America • Marxists taught about total government control • Resulted after Bolshevik Revolution • Palmer raids • Captured alleged radicals

  5. D. Sacco and Vanzetti • Fish peddlers • Charged with murder of a paymaster—1920 • Judge Thayer convicted them • August 23, 1927 • Put to death

  6. Republicans in Power Chapter 22 Section 2

  7. A. The election of 1920 • Republican Warren G. Harding • Democrat James Cox • Harding won with 60% of vote • Pro business platform • Promised aid to farmers

  8. B. Harding’s Pro-Business Administration • Less gov’t in business and more business in gov’t • Two Goals • 1. Reduce National Debt • 2. Promote Economic Growth • War spending increased debt 1 billion to 25 billion • Less Taxes on the rich

  9. C. Effect of Republican Politics • 1000 mergers took place • American Plan—Union Free/Open Shops • D. New Direction for Women • 19th Amendment • Feminists • Equal Rights Amendment • Failed to pass

  10. E. The Enduring Republican Presidency • Harding Scandals • Teapot Dome Scandal • Albert Fall • Calvin Coolidge • “The business of America is Business” • F. Election of 1928 • Hoover won with 58% of vote

  11. A Nation Divided Chapter 22 Section 3

  12. A. African Americans move Northward • 1920’s 800,000 African Americans moved • 1930 2.5 million had moved • Economic opportunities • Life free from discrimination • Racial violence in Northern cities • 1919 25 race riots

  13. B. The Return of the Jedi KKK • Reestablished in 1915 • Preacher William Simmons • 5 million people belonged • 1920s • Down to 9,000 in 1930s

  14. C. African Americans Defend their Rights • NAACP • Formed anti-lynching committee • African Americans Unionize • Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters • Marcus Garvey supported nationalism • New political state in Africa • Steam ship company

  15. D. Immigration Restrictions • 1920 25% of nation was foreign born • 1921—congress passed law limiting immigration • Immigration act of 1924 • 3% of each nationality already in country

  16. E. Mexican American Migration • 1920s—500,000 arrived from Mexico • Filled low wage jobs • F. American Indian Life • Dawes Act—Americanized Indians • Gave them land • Forced speaking of English • Indians gave away most of the land

  17. Country Activity • Garvey created a push for nationalism in a country in Africa for Blacks • If you were in Garvey’s place? Where would you go? • Choose a spot in the world you’d start a colony • Take into consideration climate, number of people you’d take, biomes, relations with neighboring countries, etc • Write a 1 page paper supporting your trip to a prospective client/supporter

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