1. Chapter 12 Politics of the Roaring Twenties Section 1 - Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
Life for returning soldiers
Postwar Trends
Nativism-
Isolationism-
Fear of Communism
Communism
The Red Scare

2. Fear of Communism (cont.)
The Palmer Raids
Hunt for Communists, Socialists, and Anarchists
J. Edgar Hoover
Palmer’s motives
Sacco and Vanzetti
Circumstances-
Execution

3. Limiting Immigration Arguments of Nativists The Klan Rises Again
Beliefs and Goals
The Quota System
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Success

4. A Time of Labor Unrest Why were there so many strikes after WWI?
The Boston Police Strike
Causes
Coolidge
The Steel Mill Strike
The Coal Miner’s Strike
John L. Lewis

5. Section 2 The Harding Presidency
Harding's Struggle for Peace
Charles Evans Hughes and Washington Naval Conference
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928
High Tariffs and Reparations
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Dawes Plan
Charles Evans Hughes

6. Scandal Hits Harding’s Administration
Harding’s Cabinet Members
Members
Ohio Gang
Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert B Fall and Oil
Scandal
Harding Dies, Coolidge takes over

7. Section 3 The Business of America
American Industries Flourish
Calvin Coolidge
The Impact of the Automobile
New Business
Changes to landscape and houses
Urban Sprawl-
Calvin Coolidge

8. The Young Airplane Industry
Uses
Transatlantic flight
Electrical Conveniences
Alternating electrical current
Appliances
The Dawn of Modern Advertising
Studies

9. A Superficial Prosperity
Producing Great Quantities of Goods
Mergers
Income Gap
Some industries suffer
Buying Goods on Credit
Installment Plans
Problems with credit