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Chapter 12 Politics of the Roaring Twenties
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Section 1 Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
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Postwar Trends Stressful conditions in Postwar America Americans become fearful of outsiders Nativism- Prejudice against foreign-born people Isolationism- Pulling away from involvement in foreign affairs
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Fear of Communism *An economic and political system based on a single- party government ruled by a dictator What does Communism entail? Communists call for revolution Americans feared the RED SCARE
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The Palmer Raids -General A. Mitchell Palmer -Ignored civil liberties -Foreigners jailed or deported without trial
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Sacco and Vanzetti -May 1920 two Italian immigrants accused of robbing and murdering a factory paymaster in Mass. -Sacco and Vanzetti were sentenced to death -Protests in the US, Latin America and Europe
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Limiting Immigration “Keep America for the Americans” Immigrants labeled as Communists Ku Klux Klan (KKK) -Reached 4.5 million members by 1924 -Destroyed churches, saloons, opposing unions, controlled politics in some cities
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The Quota System -Emergency Quota Act of 1921 -Mostly discriminated against Eastern Europeans -Quota eliminated ALL Japanese immigration
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A Time of Labor Unrest War effort is over 1919 saw 3,000+ strikes Employers claimed unions were plotting a Communist Revolution Boston Police Strike
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The Steel Mill Strike Coal Miner’s Strike Striking steel mill workers holding bulletins, Chicago, Illinois, September 22, 1919 John L. Lewis
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Union Membership 1920’s saw a drop in labor union membership from 5 million to 3.5 million Membership declined because…. African Americans joined some unions
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