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Chapter 24. The Jazz Age. Chapter 24 Section 1 Time of Turmoil. Problems after World War I. The Red Scare. Labor Unrest. Racial Unrest. Fear of Radicalism. Anarchist -people who believe in no government. They were sending bombs to several public officials. The “RED SCARE”.
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Chapter 24 The Jazz Age
Problems after World War I The Red Scare Labor Unrest Racial Unrest
Fear of Radicalism Anarchist-people who believe in no government They were sending bombs to several public officials
The “RED SCARE” Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer arrested several people suspected of being Communist and anarchist Many people were deported- expelled from the U.S. Communists was called a “REDS”
Sacco and Vanzetti Nicol Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested for robbing a shoe store and killing a guard Evidence: They were executed on August 23, 1927 A pistol that was “similar” to the murder weapon They were anarchist
Labor Unrest-Americans workers demanded increases in wages to keep up with rapidly rising prices A LONG AND BITTER STRIKE The Steel Workers DEMANDS: higher wages, 8-hour workday The Company charged the workers of communism A total of 18 workers died
Unions A. Philip Randolph started the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. It was made up of African American railroad workers
Racial Unrest African Americans had left the South for jobs in the North 1919- Rising racial tension led to Violence The Riots left 15 whites and 23 African Americans dead and more than 500 people injured