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A Turbulent Decade

A Turbulent Decade. 1919-1929. Bell-Ringer. Put examples of Society after World War I up on the board. Explain why the words are put in this order. A Turbulent Decade. Demobilization Labor Strife The Red Scare Immigration Palmer Raids Xenophobia Sacco and Vanzetti Women ERA KKK

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A Turbulent Decade

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  1. A Turbulent Decade 1919-1929

  2. Bell-Ringer • Put examples of Society after World War I up on the board. • Explain why the words are put in this order.

  3. A Turbulent Decade • Demobilization • Labor Strife • The Red Scare • Immigration • Palmer Raids • Xenophobia • Sacco and Vanzetti • Women • ERA • KKK • Black Nationalism

  4. Objective • Discuss some of the economic outcomes of demobilization. • Explain what caused the public hysteria of the Red Scare. • Recount why the Sacco and Vanzetti trial aroused public interest.

  5. Demobilization • Industry is beginning to dry up • Transition from wartime to peacetime • Women make sacrifices • Reduction in economic activity, brief recession • Causes social/economic strain

  6. Labor Strife • City officials and business leaders express alarm • Passing the “buck” to the immigrants • Strikes would not work all of the time • Tactic = call the strikers “unpatriotic” and “communist”

  7. The Red Scare • Period of anticommunist hysteria – “xenophobia” • Immigrants come under suspicion • The Palmer Raids • Raids to go after radicals • People were deported • J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau of Investigation

  8. Activity – Sacco and Vanzetti Biography • Questions: • 1.) Describe the background history of Sacco and Vanzetti. • 2.) What was the cause of their arrest? • 3.) How does Sacco and Vanzetti being arrested represent American attitudes towards immigrants at the time? • 4.) What civil liberties/rights are being taken away? • 5.) What was the final result of the case?

  9. Sacco and Vanzetti • Case shows the hostility towards foreigners • Both men were found guilty • Issue divided Americans on civil liberties issues Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti

  10. Review • What resulted from demobilization? • What had caused the public hysteria of the Red Scare? • How does the Sacco and Vanzetti case represent American attitudes towards immigrants at the time?

  11. Republicans Gain Power

  12. Election of 1920 • Warren G. Harding promised change during demobilization • “Less gov’t in business, more business in gov’t.” • Reduce debt, promote growth • Increase in tariffs, promotes mergers

  13. New Direction for Women • Unity among women dissolves after 19th amendment passed • Debate over the Equal Rights Amendment • Men and women oppose • Fails to win support

  14. Teapot Dome Scandal • Transfer of control • Accepting bribes from Navy officials • Calvin Coolidge attempts to restore reputation of presidency • Democrats want to be “Party of Progress” with Hoover in 1928

  15. A Divided Nation

  16. The Return of the KKK • Racial tension as a result of blacks moving from farms to cities • The Midwest • Powerful in Indiana • NAACP publishes antilynching campaigns • Marcus Garvey proposes Black Nationalism

  17. Immigration Restrictions • Americans disliked immigrants… • Holding radical views • Taking jobs • Quota system established 2% for each nationality • Native Americans granted citizenship, still poverty

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