americans struggle with postwar issues objective… summarize the reaction to the perceived threat...
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Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
Objective… Summarize the reaction to
the perceived threat of communism in the U.S.
Post WW I America…
• Nativism…
• Isolationism…
• Communism…
• Anarchists… Radicals
The Russian RevolutionWhy do the Russian people revolt?...
• Peace
• Land
• Bread
The Russian Revolution
• Why are Americans threatened by the Russian Revolution?
Leader of the Russian Revolution Vladimir Lenin…
In 1919 Lenin calls for a world revolution.
Article Review…
The Palmer Raids Target Immigrants, 1919-1920
BEFORE READING
Identify several elements within American society that threaten the American way of
life and American democracy?
The article thesis…
The Palmer raids, fueled by antiradical and anti-immigrant
sentiments, were the most spectacular anti-civil rights
excesses of the Red Scare of 1919–1920.
A)- Why did America develop a fear of foreigners
and foreign influence?
"It was an era of lawless and disorderly defense of law and order, of unconstitutional defense of the
Constitution, of suspicion and civil conflict--in avery literal sense, a reign of terror,"
…according to historian Frederick Allen
B), C)- What actions taken during this time period
support the above statement?
D), E), F)- What was the source of conflict between
northern whites and African Americans
emigrating from the south?
G)- According to the Ku Klux Klan, what behaviors
compromised the goal “100% Americanism”?
H)- Why was trade unionism considered un-
American?
I)-M)- Identify & explain several of the long term
trends (social, political or other) set in motion by the
period of time known as the Red Scare.
AFTER READING The Red Scare and the subsequent Palmer
Raids were justified as an attempt to rid American society of political forces
threatening American democracy and the American way of life. Upon closer
examination the Red Scare and the Palmer Raids reveal deeper issues and hidden
motives related to the actions taken during this time period. What are the deeper issues
and hidden motives related to the actions taken during this time period?
1919: The Red Scare
•Communists take over in Russia & threaten world revolution…•Communist Party forms in U.S. •Government & business leaders bombed.•Americans panic
Attorney General Palmer’s home in Washington D.C. was bombed…
Attorney General Palmer’s home in Washington D.C. was bombed…
“…one in a series of coordinated attacks that day on judges, politicians, law enforcement
officials, and others in eight cities nationwide. About a month
earlier, radicals had also mailed bombs to the mayor of Seattle and a U.S. Senator, blowing the hands off the senator’s domestic worker. The next day, a postal
worker in New York City intercepted 16 more packages
addressed to political and business leaders, including John
D. Rockefeller.”
The Wall Street
Bombing of 1920
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer…“…revolution was sweeping over every American institution of law
and order…eating its way into the homes of the American
workman, its sharp tongues of revolutionary heat…licking the altars of the churches leaping into the belfry of the schools bell, crawling into the sacred
corners of American homes… burning up the foundations of
society.”
1919: The Red ScareThe Palmer Raids or Red Raids
Goal: Hunt down suspected Communists, socialists & anarchists
- 6,300 arrested- 850 deported …U.S.S. Buford
USS Buford - “The Soviet Ark”
The results of raid…
What violations of civil liberties are associated with the Palmer Raids?
Legacy of the Red Scare
• Constitutional rights violated
• Innocent people deported
• Fuels nativism & intolerance
• Fuels anti-unionism
• The abuse of government power
• Identify…
- The symbolism being used…
- The meaning being conveyed…
- The relationship to the Red Scare…
The Red Scare Trade UnionismImmigrants Palmer Raids 100% Americanism Mitchell PalmerAfrican Americans Ku Klux KlanRadicals/ Communists
History is a story and your group is going to tell a factually based story about a fearful time in America.
Step 1: 3 Groups of 9… Count off by 3
Step 2: Use the terms below to create a factual summary. Ideally the summary should demonstrate an interconnecting relationship between the terms. Determine the best order of the terms to tell the story..
Step 3: Each person is responsible for explaining one term and relating the term to the story.
The Twenties1920 - 1929
The Jazz Age
The Roaring Twenties
Postwar Prosperity and Its Price
Objective…Describe how the U.S. economy
changed in the 1920s and the effects these changes had on
American life.
Cause and Effect…• A cause is something that makes something
else happen. Out of two events, it is the event that happens first. To determine the cause, ask the question "Why did it happen?"
An effect is what happens as a result of the cause. Of two related events, it’s the one that happens second or last. To determine the effect, ask the question "What happened?"
1) The Second Industrial RevolutionObservation:
A Second Industrial Revolution transforms the American economy.
• The cause? • The effect?
What are the new consumer products of the 1920s?
Key Industries 1900 - 2000
2) The Modern Corporation
Observation:
The organization of American industry changes.
• The cause?• The effect?
3) Welfare Capitalism
Observation:
Organized labor declines in power.
• The cause?
• The effect?
4) The Auto Age
Observation: The automobile becomes affordable
for all Americans.
• The cause?• The effect?
The Auto AgeThe effects on American life…
• 1913: 1.2 M…1929: 26.5 M
• 1929: 4.8 M new cars
• 1 in 5 Americans on the road
The Auto Age:Henry Ford
The Ford Assembly
Line
1925 Ford Model T
The Auto AgeThe ripple effect of the auto industry on other
industries & on the economy?...
Early gas stations…
The Auto Age
Summarize the effects of the auto age had on American
culture.
5) Cities & suburbs
Observation: The American city experienced both
vertical and horizontal growth.
• The cause?• The effect?
6) Exceptions: Agriculture, Ailing Industries
Observation:
The agricultural community did not share in the overall prosperity of the
1920s.
• The cause?
• The effect?
Immigration Act of 1921: established a three-percent quota system based on the number of foreign-born persons
per nationality already living in America at the time of the 1910 census.In 1924, Congress further restricted immigration with passage of the Johnson-Reed Act, also
known as theImmigration Act of 1924: This act established the 1890 census as the new quota baseline.
A.
• PA Poem (American Protective Association)Come ye sons of Uncle Sam,Come join the gallant band,Come unite with us to fight our country's foe.For our God is with the right,We will conquer by His might,And the slick and wily Jesuit must go.Noble men are in our ranks --We are not a band of cranks --We are not a lot of bigots or of fools.But, ye Roman Catholic hordes,We will buckle on our swords,If you dare to meddle with our public schools