Understanding Postwar Tensions US History – Chapter 26

Sacco & Vanzetti Read Page 331

Additional Facts Sacco Vanzetti Italian 29 years old Carrying a gun Involved in labor strikes Left U.S. during WWI Anarchist Vanzetti Italian 32 years old Carrying a gun Involved in labor strikes Left U.S. during WWI Anarchist

Reading Notes 26.2 Emerging Economic Tensions 26.3 Rising Labor Tensions 26.4 Growing Political Tensions 26.5 Increasing Social Tensions List three causes and three effects for each tension listed in each Section Example 26.2 Emerging Economic Tensions Cause 1 = The federal government cancelled wartime contracts Effect 1 = Hundreds of factories closed

Section 2 – Economic Tensions

Section 3 – Labor Tensions

Section 4 – Political Tensions

Section 5 – Social Tensions

Section 6 Enduring Racial and Religious Tension Read Section 6 and: List five causes and three effects of tension discussed in this section