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WERE THE TWENTIES ROARING ?

WERE THE TWENTIES ROARING ?. Postwar Struggles. A desire for normality after the war and a fear of communism and “foreigners” lead to postwar isolationism. Post war trends: Rapid inflation when the government removed controls = cost of living doubles.

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WERE THE TWENTIES ROARING ?

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  1. WERE THE TWENTIES ROARING ?

  2. Postwar Struggles • A desire for normality after the war and a fear of communism and “foreigners” lead to postwar isolationism. • Post war trends: Rapid inflation when the government removed controls = cost of living doubles. • Soldiers take jobs from women, minorities, farmers and factory workers suffer

  3. AMERICANS STRUGGLE WITH POSTWAR ISSUES • Increase in Nativism • Isolationism • Fear of Communism • Limiting Immigration • Rise of the Klan • Labor Unrest • Political Changes

  4. American Struggles • Nativism: prejudice against foreign-born people • Isolation: policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs • Immigration: 1921 Quota Act established the maximum number of people who could enter the U.S. from each foreign country

  5. Fear of Communism The “Red Scare” • Communism: economic political system, single-party government • ruled by dictator • no private property • 1919 Vladimir Lenin, Bolsheviks, set up Communist state in Russia • Bombs mailed to government, businesses; people fear red conspiracy

  6. American Fear • General A. Mitchell Palmer takes action • Palmer Raids: Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover hunt down Communists, socialists, anarchists, • Anarchists oppose any form of government trampled peoples civil rights, hunted down anarchists, socialists, & communists. • Raids trample civil rights; fail to find evidence of conspiracy

  7. Sacco and Vanzetti • Red Scare feeds fear of foreigners, ruins reputations, wrecks lives • Sacco & Vanzetti: Italian immigrants, anarchists, arrested. • Tried for murder, trial does not prove guilt. Sentenced to death on circumstantial evidence because they were foreign. Cause protests around the world • Sacco, Vanzetti executed in 1927

  8. Return of the Klan • Bigots use anti-communism to harass groups unlike themselves • KKK opposes blacks, Catholics, Jews, immigrants, unions, saloons • 1924 4.5 million members • Klan controls many states’ politics; violence leads to less power • Dominated state politics in many states • Its criminal activities brought its downfall by the end of the decade

  9. Limiting Immigration • The Quota system • 1919-1921, number of immigrants grows almost 600% • Quota system sets maximum number can enter U.S. from each country • Sharply reduces European immigration • 1924, European arrivals cut to 2% of number of residents in 1890…discriminates against southern, eastern Europeans • Prohibits Japanese immigration • Does not apply to Western Hemisphere

  10. Labor Problems • Postwar labor issues: Government doesn’t allow strikes in wartime; 1919 over 3,000 strikes • Employers against raises, unions; label strikers as Communists • Boston Police Strike: Strike over raises, right to unionize. • Calvin Coolidge ends strike, replaces strikers with new policemen. All strikers were fired & replaced.

  11. Trade Union Strike • Steel Mill Strike: 1919 steel workers strike; • desired a living wage & wanted to form a union. Companies use force, later negotiate • Talks deadlock; Wilson appeals; strike ends • 1923 report on conditions leads to 8 hour day

  12. Coal Miners’ Strike • 1919 John L. Lewis becomes head of United Mine Workers of America • Leads strike; defies court order to work; accepts arbitration • Miners receive 27% wage increase; Lewis becomes national hero • Labor movement loses appeal; membership drops from over 5 million to 3.5 million • http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=7FA4128B-D776-4C5E-BC2B-91AE1AE844A3

  13. Warren G. HardingReturn to Normalcy1921-1923

  14. Warren G. Harding http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=932776DF-6C22-4588-B6CE-D0BE73EB8350

  15. Harding’s Administration • Fordney-McCumber Tariff: Raised taxes on imports to 60% • Teapot Dome Scandal: Albert B. Fall Secretary of the Interior, illegally leased government land to oil companies. He was bribed more than 400,000 dollar and became the first cabinet member to be convicted of a felony while in office

  16. Harding • Died in office on Aug 2, 1923 the crimes of his administration came to light after he died and Calvin Coolidge was president

  17. J. Calvin Coolidge Jr.Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge1923-1929

  18. Coolidge Administration • Kellogg-Briand Pact: renounced war as an instrument of national policy in relations with one another. • Immigration Act of 1924: Limited the number of immigrants into the U.S and completely restricted Asian immigrants from entering the country • Laissez-faire: economic style of little government involvement

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