1. A Turbulent Decade

2. Bell-Ringer Put examples of Society after World War I up on the board.
Explain why the words are put in this order.

3. A Turbulent Decade Demobilization Labor Strife The Red Scare
Immigration
Palmer Raids
Xenophobia
Sacco and Vanzetti
Women
ERA
KKK
Black Nationalism

4. Objective Discuss some of the economic outcomes of demobilization.
Explain what caused the public hysteria of the Red Scare.
Recount why the Sacco and Vanzetti trial aroused public interest.

5. Demobilization Industry is beginning to dry up
Transition from wartime to peacetime
Women make sacrifices
Reduction in economic activity, brief recession
Causes social/economic strain

6. Labor Strife City officials and business leaders express alarm
Passing the “buck” to the immigrants
Strikes would not work all of the time
Tactic = call the strikers “unpatriotic” and “communist”

7. The Red Scare Period of anticommunist hysteria – “xenophobia”
Immigrants come under suspicion
The Palmer Raids
Raids to go after radicals
People were deported
J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau of Investigation

8. Activity – Sacco and Vanzetti Biography
Questions:
1.) Describe the background history of Sacco and Vanzetti.
2.) What was the cause of their arrest?
3.) How does Sacco and Vanzetti being arrested represent American attitudes towards immigrants at the time?
4.) What civil liberties/rights are being taken away?
5.) What was the final result of the case?

9. Sacco and Vanzetti Case shows the hostility towards foreigners
Both men were found guilty
Issue divided Americans on civil liberties issues
Nicola Sacco Bartolomeo Vanzetti

10. Review What resulted from demobilization?
What had caused the public hysteria of the Red Scare?
How does the Sacco and Vanzetti case represent American attitudes towards immigrants at the time?

11. Republicans Gain Power

12. Election of 1920
Warren G. Harding promised change during demobilization
“Less gov’t in business, more business in gov’t.”
Reduce debt, promote growth
Increase in tariffs, promotes mergers

13. New Direction for Women
Unity among women dissolves after 19th amendment passed
Debate over the Equal Rights Amendment
Men and women oppose
Fails to win support

14. Teapot Dome Scandal Transfer of control
Accepting bribes from Navy officials
Calvin Coolidge attempts to restore reputation of presidency
Democrats want to be “Party of Progress” with Hoover in 1928

15. A Divided Nation

16. The Return of the KKK
Racial tension as a result of blacks moving from farms to cities
The Midwest
Powerful in Indiana
NAACP publishes antilynching campaigns
Marcus Garvey proposes Black Nationalism

17. Immigration Restrictions
Americans disliked immigrants…
Holding radical views
Taking jobs
Quota system established 2% for each nationality
Native Americans granted citizenship, still poverty