Time of Turmoil Desire for Normalcy POST WORLD WAR I UNITED STATES THE 1920S

In his campaign Warren G. Harding promised a return to “Normalcy” Harding and running mate, Calvin Coolidge, won a landslide victory in November 1920 This was the first election women were allowed to vote in HARDING AND COOLIDGE

FEAR OF RADICALISM As the 1920s began Americans were coping with the uncertainties that followed WWI Tired of world responsibilities Grew more suspicious of foreigners Some Americans were especially disturbed by the Russian Revolution Threatened American capitalism Red Scare= fear of communists ,000 people were arrested who were suspected of being communists

NATIVISM Nativism defined= the belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners Came out of various worries following WWI Rise of the Ku Klux Klan Preyed on groups it believed to represent “un-American values” Congress responded to Nativists fears by passing Emergency Quota Act Placed a limit on the number of immigrants from each country

IMMIGRATION QUOTAS Emergency Quota Act (1921) Immigration Act of 1924 Limited annual number of immigrants from a nation to 2% of number of immigrants living in the U.S. in 1890 Immigration from most Asian nations stopped Some groups given preference over others

SACCO & VANZETTI Charged with robbery and murder Convicted on highly circumstantial evidence Sentenced to death Many protested convictions and sentence Both executed in 1927 i

FOREIGN POLICY Promoting peace August 1928 the United States joined 14 other nations in signing the Kellogg-Brian Pact, which out lawed war The pact lacked any means of enforcing peace A more friendly neighbor