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1 Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of Americans
Post-war labor unrest: Coal Miners Strike of 1919. Steel Strike of 1919. Boston Police Strike of 1919.

2 “If Capital & Labor Don’t Pull Together” – Chicago Tribune
Anti-Labor “If Capital & Labor Don’t Pull Together” – Chicago Tribune

3 Consequences of Labor Unrest
“While We Rock the Boat” – Washington Times

4 “Keeping Warm” – Los Angeles Times
Coal Miners’ Strike “Keeping Warm” – Los Angeles Times

5 “Coming Out of the Smoke” – New York World
Steel Strike “Coming Out of the Smoke” – New York World

6 “What a Year Has Brought Forth” – NY World
The “Red Scare” “What a Year Has Brought Forth” – NY World

7 “Red Scare” -- Anti-Bolshevism
“Put Them Out & Keep Them Out” – Philadelphia Inquirer

8 “He gives aid & comfort to the enemies of society” – Chicago Tribune
Boston Police Strike “He gives aid & comfort to the enemies of society” – Chicago Tribune

9 “Striking Back” – New York Evening World
Boston Police Strike “Striking Back” – New York Evening World

10 Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of Americans
6. “The Red Scare”: rd. International goal --> promote worldwide communism. Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer (The Case Against the Reds) Palmer Raids

11 Congressman Victor Berger (WI)
You got nothing out of the war except the flu and Prohibition.

12 “Red Scare” – Palmer Raids
Police Arrest “Suspected Reds’ in Chicago, 1920

13 “Red Scare” – Palmer Raids
A. Mitchell Palmer’s Home Bombed, 1920

14 The 1920 Election


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