1. Post War Tensions Chapter 26.5 Social Tensions Chapter 26.6 Radical and Religious tensions

2. Chapter 26.5 Con’t Nativist on the rise again. – “There are vast communities in the nation thinking today not in terms of America, but in terms of Old World prejudices, theories, and animosities.”

3. Chapter 26.5 Social Tensions 1905 – 1914, a million people a year immigrate to the US. Most from Eastern and Southern Europe. Sharp declines in immigration during the War

4. Chapter 26.5 Con’t Sharp increases in immigration starting in 1920.

5. Chapter 26.5 Con’t Both Unions and business owners feared immigration. – Unions – taking jobs from union workers and lowering wages – Business owners – radical ideas outweighed cheap labor

6. Chapter 26.5 con’t The Klan used violence, whippings, kidnappings, cross burnings, arson, and murder to terrorize communities into doing what they wanted.

7. Chapter 26.5 con’t Congress enacts laws to reduce immigration. The quota system Immigrations reduced to on quarter of the 1921 numbers by the end of the decade.

8. Chapter 26.5 con’t The Ku Klux Klan becomes a powerful political force. – For native born Protestants – Against African Americans, immigrants, Catholics and Jews

9. Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the popular trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop

10. Chapter 26.5 con’t ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union. Fought to protect people’s rights, especially the right to freedom of speech.

11. Chapter 26.6 Continued Racial Tension – Asians barred from becoming citizens – Asians banned from marrying whites African Americans – High hopes of reduced prejudice after the War – Return of lynchings Race riots in Chicago

12. Chapter 26.6 con’t Marcus Garvey, Jamaican born black – Blacks would never be treated fairly – Must create a nation for ourselves in Africa Back to Africa Movement – Fails when Garvey convicted of mail fraud

13. Chapter 26.6 con’t Religious Prejudice: Jewish – Anti-Semitism on the rise – Refuse to rent to Jewish people – Colleges limited Jewish student numbers – Formation of the Anti-Defamation League

14. Chapter 26.6 con’t Religious Prejudice: Catholic – Anti-Catholic sentiment prevents Al Smith from becoming president

15. Quiz Friday Vocabulary to Know: – Clemency* Sacco and Vanzetti – Demobilization* Recession – American Federation of Labor – General Strike* Radicalism – Communism* Red Scare – Palmer Raids* Civil Liberties – Quota System* Ku Klux Klan – American Civil Liberties Union – Back to Africa Movement* Anti-Defamation League