March 6, 2018 U.S. History Agenda: DO NOW: Term Matching NOTES #43: What foreign and immigration policies did the U.S. favor during the 1920s? CLASS ASSIGNMENT: “Threats to Civil Liberties”

What foreign and immigration policies did the U. S What foreign and immigration policies did the U.S. favor during the 1920s? Notes #43

Immediately after the end of World War I, the U. S Immediately after the end of World War I, the U.S. emphasized a return to a foreign policy of isolationism. President Warren G. Harding (1921–1923)

During the 1920s, feelings of nativism (distrust of immigrants) grew in the U.S. and were directed toward new immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.

Russian Community Party Nativism in the U.S. was motivated by the Communist takeover of Russia and the creation of the Soviet Union during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Russian Community Party leader Vladimir Lenin

This revolution caused the Red Scare to occur in the U. S This revolution caused the Red Scare to occur in the U.S. during the 1920s, which involved the mass arrests of suspected (and feared) Communists. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer

Other examples of nativism in the U.S. during the 1920s included:

1. The passage of immigration laws, which limited immigration to the U 1. The passage of immigration laws, which limited immigration to the U.S. through the use of quotas.

2. The rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan, which began targeting immigrants.

Nicola Sacco and Bartolmeo Vanzetti 3. The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, which involved two immigrants being convicted of and executed for murder, possibly because of their backgrounds. Nicola Sacco and Bartolmeo Vanzetti