March 7, 2017 U.S. History Agenda: DO NOW: Term Matching NOTES #43: What “foreign policies” did the U.S. favor during the 1920s? CLASS ASSIGNMENT: “Threats to Civil Liberties”

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

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

Feelings of nativism (distrust of immigrants) grew in the U. S 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 during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Russian Community Party leader Vladimir Lenin

This led to the Red Scare occurring in the U. S This led to the Red Scare occurring in the U.S., during which the fear of Communists in the U.S. resulted in their mass arrests. 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 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 and executed for a murder, possibly because of their backgrounds. Nicola Sacco and Bartolmeo Vanzetti