1. Business
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Quarter ends- Nov 6

2. What was on the mind of an American in 1919/1920?

3. What lasting affects did WWI have on American life?
How did the United States return to normalcy?

4. Postwar America 4 Issues Labor Unrest Red Scare
Nativism / Isolationism
Immigration Limits

5. Nativism / Isolationism
Nativism- prejudice against foreign-born people
Isolationism- policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs
Why would these be present in the 20’s?

6. Labor Unrest During war- strikes banned 1919- 3,000 strikes
Employers labeled strikers as Communists
Tried to show they were planning a revolution

7. Noteworthy Strike: Boston Police Strike
Police without pay raise, unable to unionize
Representatives asked for a raise, fired
Nat’l Guard sent in
New policemen hired

8. Boston Police Strike Governor Calvin Coolidge said,
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.”
Do you agree?

9. Red Scare Perceived threat was spread of communism
Economic & political system based on single-party government
What happened that caused this?

10. Red Scare Communist Party forms in America
70,000 join
Several dozen bombs mailed to government & business leaders
Public fearful of Communist takeover

11. Red Scare- Palmer Raids
Attorney General Palmer & J. Edgar Hoover hunted down:
Communists
Socialist
Anarchists
Searched private homes, jailed suspects, deported foreign-born radicals
Failed to uncover conspiracy or bombs

12. Red Scare Fear of communism fear of foreigners, immigrants
Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Italian immigrants

13. Red Scare- Sacco & Vanzetti
May both arrested and charged with robbery and murder
Witnesses said criminals appeared to be Italian
Trial:
Both claimed innocence and provided alibis
Evidence against them was circumstantial
Judge made prejudicial remarks
Jury found them guilty and sentenced them to death

14. Immigration Limits Quota System
Congress passed Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Set up quota system- established maximum number of people who could enter from each country

15. Immigration Limits Quota System:
Discriminated against people from eastern and southern Europe
Prohibited Japanese immigration

16. Postwar Industry 1920’s had pro-business spirit
Coolidge & Hoover – favored policies to lower taxes and raise profits
Wanted to lessen government interference in business
“the chief business of the American people is business… The man who builds a factory builds a temple- the man who works there worships there.”
-Calvin Coolidge

17. The Automobile’s Impact
Many Impacts - families
Liberated rural families
Could now drive to city for shopping, entertainment
Families could take vacations more easily

18. The Automobile’s Impact
Many Impacts - people
Liberated men and women with mobility
Workers could live miles from job
Urban sprawl- cities spread out in all directions

19. The Automobile’s Impact
Symbolized success of America at this time
Only place in the world where cars could be owned by non-affluent people
By late 1920’s, 80% of all cars in the world were in the U.S.

20. Standard of Living 1920-1929: Americans owned 40% of world’s wealth
Incomes rose
New money spent in variety of ways:

21. America under Coolidge
Built on paradox
President stood for frugality
His supporters threw care to the wind

22. Exit Slip Cause and Effect:
Spending limits
Foreign war / American deaths
Russian Revolution
Come up with 2 discussion questions/statements about post-war America
One must be about history
Other can be about issues this lesson raised
Immigration, foreign involvement, labor rights, etc