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 Nativism rises & 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

4. Design this in your notebook CommunismImmigrationLabor Movement Problem and/or Issue Events Outcomes/ Effects

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