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UNIT 4 (1920-1940). THE TWENTIES AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION. CHAPTER 12. THE POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES. 3 KEY IDEAS OF CHAPTER 12. ANTI-COMMUNIST AND ANTI-LABOR FEELINGS. DESIRE FOR “NORMALCY” AND ISOLATIONISM. BUSINESS PROSPERS… OR DOES IT?. SECTION 1. AMERICANS STRUGGLE WITH
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UNIT 4 (1920-1940) THE TWENTIES AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
CHAPTER 12 THE POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
3 KEY IDEAS OF CHAPTER 12 ANTI-COMMUNIST AND ANTI-LABOR FEELINGS. DESIRE FOR “NORMALCY” AND ISOLATIONISM. BUSINESS PROSPERS… OR DOES IT? MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
SECTION 1 AMERICANS STRUGGLE WITH POST WAR ISSUES MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION CZAR OVERTHROWN THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR COMMUNISTS WIN GOALS OF COMMUNISM WORLDWIDE REVOULTION OVERTHROW CAPITALISM MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
VLADIMIR I. LENIN MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
TWO ECONOMIC SYSTEMS COMMUNISM = NO PRIVATE PROPERTY GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF ALL BUSINESSES EQUALITY OF CONDITION CAPITALISM = PRIVATE PROPERTY INDIVIDUALS OWN BUSINESSES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
THE RED SCARE IN THE U.S. VERY FEW MEMBERS (.1 %) LETTER BOMBS TO GOV’T “THE PALMER RAIDS” ARRESTED COMMUNISTS SOCIALISTS ANARCHISTS NO EVIDENCE OF A CONSPIRACY MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
J. EDGAR HOOVER A. MITCHELL PALMER MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
THE RED SCARE IN THE U.S. LEADS TO “NATIVISM” SACCO & VANZETTI MURDER CONVICTION MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
THE RED SCARE IN THE U.S. LEADS TO “NATIVISM” • THE KLAN RISES AGAIN • 4.5 MILLION MEMBERS • ANTI-AFRICAN-AMERICAN • ANTI-FOREIGNERS • ANTI-CATHOLIC, JEWISH MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
KKK MARCH WASH. DC - 1925 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
A TIME OF LABOR UNREST HIGHER WAGES DEMANDED BOSTON POLICE STRIKE (1919)- FAILED ALL WERE FIRED RIGHT TO HAVE UNIONS DEMANDED BETTER WORK CONDITIONS DEMANDED U.S. STEEL STRIKE (1919-20) - FAILED VIOLENCE (18 KILLED) BETTER WAGES / LESS HOURS DEMANDED COAL MINERS STRIKE (1919-20) - MIXED MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
"I have pleaded your case from the pulpit and from the public platform--not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant asking alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding the rights to which free men are entitled." LABOR LEADER - JOHN L. LEWIS MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
LABOR MOVEMENT LOSES APPEAL • ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS • DIFFERENT LOCATIONS / JOBS • DIFFERENT RACES/LANGUAGES • PUBLIC OPINION PROBLEMS • HIGH % OF IMMIGRANTS • FEAR OF “RADICALISM” ESPECIALY COMMUNISM MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
END OF SECTION ONE MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES