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Postwar Conditions Socially: Progressive changes still new Economic: loss of orders, loss of jobs, cost of living doubled Nativism: Prejudice of outsiders Isolationism: Staying out of world events
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Bell Ringer
• Why did so many strikes take place directly after World War I ended?
America’s Postwar Issue’s
Ch. 20 Sec. 1 Notes
Postwar Conditions
• Socially: Progressive changes still new• Economic: loss of orders, loss of jobs, cost
of living doubled• Nativism: Prejudice of outsiders• Isolationism: Staying out of world events
Red Scare
• Communism: 1 party rule by a dictator
• Bolshevik revolution• 70,000 in U.S. party• Fear of revolution in
the U.S.
Palmer Raids
• U.S. Attorney, A. Palmer• Went after all types of
people• Abused power• Failed to find anything,
public turned against them
Vocab
• Anarchists: People against government• Communists: People who supported a
dictator and no private property • Socialists: People against capitalism
Sacco and Vanzetti
• Italian Immigrants• Arrested/Convicted/
Killed in connection with a murder
• Little evidence, had alibis, judge thought innocent
• Shows impact of Red Scare
Keep America for Americans
• Why did we not like Immigrants?• Where did they mostly come from?• Who were they?
Ku Klux Klan
• 100% Americanism• Only white males,
born in USA• Against: Blacks,
Catholics, Jews• Criminal activity
brought them down
Quota Act of 1921
• Quota System: Limited number of people into the U.S.
• Japanese were not allowed in at all
Labor Unrest
• Boston Police Strike– No raise in years– Could not be in a union
• Calvin Coolidge– Called out N.G.– New Policemen hired
• Steel Mill Strike– Shorter working day,
and living wage– Union Recognition– Were beaten, called
communists– 3 years later, workers
get what they want
John L. Lewis
• U.M.W leader• Won
– 27% wage increase– Lewis: National Hero