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Challenges in Post-WWI America: Communism, Immigration, and Labor Struggles

Explore the issues facing America in the aftermath of World War I, from rising isolationism and nativism to economic hardships for returning soldiers, minorities, and immigrants. Delve into the Red Scare, Palmer Raids, immigration quotas, and labor strikes that shaped the post-war era.

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Challenges in Post-WWI America: Communism, Immigration, and Labor Struggles

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  1. “Trends in the Post War Era”

  2. Question to Ponder What are some issues facing America in the Post-WWI era?

  3. Issues in Post-War America • New American Foreign policy = Isolationism • Nativismrises & prejudice against immigrants • Many returning soldiers face unemployment • Women, African-Americans, and Immigrants lose their jobs • Cost of living doubled • Farming & Factory production slows due to lack of wartime orders

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  5. Communism Problem: • Communism seen as a threat to American way of life Events: • The Red Scare-American public fears the spread of communism • The Palmer Raids-A. Mitchell Palmer (U.S. Attorney General) along with J. Edgar Hoover (Division of Intelligence) hunt down & deported suspected communists • Sacco and Vanzetti-(Italian immigrants & anarchists) May 1920 were arrested & charged with murder, found guilty under & executed Outcomes: • Communism will continue to be a threat for decades to come in America

  6. Immigration Issue: • Nativists belief = “Keep America for Americans” • immigrants willing to work for lower jobs Events: • need for unskilled labor decreased = less need for immigrants • The Quota System 1. Emergency Quota Act of 1921 established a maximum number of people allowed in from each foreign country (N/A to Western Hemisphere) Effects: • Canadian and Mexican immigration increases

  7. Labor Movement Problem: • During WWI workers not allowed to “strike” • 1919 = more than 3,000 strikes take place Events: • The Boston Police Strike- union reps. demand raise & were fired leading to strike, Gov. Calvin Coolidge calls in National Guard to end strike • The Steel Mill Strike- U.S. Steel Corp. refuses union reps. demands, workers strike & beaten, strikebreakers hired, President Wilson intervenes; strike ends 1920 • The Coal Miners Strike- United Mine Workers of America strike for demands, court order forces workers back to work, secretly keeps going, President Wilson appoints judge to end dispute Outcomes: • Union membership decreases = Labor movement slows

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