1. THE TWENTIES AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
UNIT 4 ( )
THE TWENTIES
AND THE
GREAT DEPRESSION
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2. THE POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
CHAPTER 12
THE POLITICS
OF THE
ROARING TWENTIES
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3. MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
3 KEY IDEAS OF CHAPTER 12
ANTI-COMMUNIST AND ANTI-LABOR FEELINGS.
DESIRE FOR “NORMALCY” AND ISOLATIONISM.
BUSINESS PROSPERS… OR DOES IT?
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4. AMERICANS STRUGGLE WITH POST WAR ISSUES
SECTION 1
AMERICANS
STRUGGLE
WITH
POST WAR
ISSUES
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5. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
CZAR OVERTHROWN
THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
COMMUNISTS WIN
GOALS OF COMMUNISM
WORLDWIDE REVOULTION
OVERTHROW CAPITALISM
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6. MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
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7. MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
VLADIMIR I. LENIN
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TWO ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
COMMUNISM =
NO PRIVATE PROPERTY
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
OF ALL BUSINESSES
EQUALITY OF CONDITION
CAPITALISM =
PRIVATE PROPERTY
INDIVIDUALS OWN BUSINESSES
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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THE RED SCARE IN THE U.S.
VERY FEW MEMBERS (.1 %)
LETTER BOMBS TO GOV’T
“THE PALMER RAIDS” ARRESTED
COMMUNISTS
SOCIALISTS
ANARCHISTS
NO EVIDENCE OF A CONSPIRACY
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13. MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES
J. EDGAR HOOVER
A. MITCHELL PALMER
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15. THE RED SCARE IN THE U.S. LEADS TO “NATIVISM”
SACCO & VANZETTI
MURDER CONVICTION
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17. THE RED SCARE IN THE U.S. LEADS TO “NATIVISM”
THE KLAN RISES AGAIN
4.5 MILLION MEMBERS
ANTI-AFRICAN-AMERICAN
ANTI-FOREIGNERS
ANTI-CATHOLIC, JEWISH
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KKK MARCH WASH. DC
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A TIME OF LABOR UNREST
HIGHER WAGES DEMANDED
BOSTON POLICE STRIKE (1919)- FAILED
ALL WERE FIRED
RIGHT TO HAVE UNIONS DEMANDED
BETTER WORK CONDITIONS DEMANDED
U.S. STEEL STRIKE ( ) - FAILED
VIOLENCE (18 KILLED)
BETTER WAGES / LESS HOURS DEMANDED
COAL MINERS STRIKE ( ) - MIXED
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23. LABOR LEADER - JOHN L. LEWIS
"I have pleaded your case from the pulpit and from the public platform--not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant asking alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding the rights to which free men are entitled."
LABOR LEADER - JOHN L. LEWIS
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24. LABOR MOVEMENT LOSES APPEAL
ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS / JOBS
DIFFERENT RACES/LANGUAGES
PUBLIC OPINION PROBLEMS
HIGH % OF IMMIGRANTS
FEAR OF “RADICALISM”
ESPECIALY COMMUNISM
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