The League Fight 1918-1920
1918 Midterm Election Wilson personally campaigns to help pro-League Democrats 1916 Senate- 54 D/42 R 1916 House- 217D/ 215 R
Results Senate- 49R/47D House- 240R/ 192D
Plan B 1918 Wilson travels to Paris 1st President abroad No Republicans in delegation
Treaty of Versailles Big Four- UK/Fr/US/It. Wilson gets 4 of 23 Points Germany Pays for war Loses army/navy/air force Loses land Austria-Hungary Split up along ethnic lines Italy Some minor territory Japan No racial equality
League of Nations Goal: End war forever Settle disputes
American Reaction German-Americans Irish-Americans Republicans- H. Cabot Lodge Idealists Conservatives Article X
Plan C Wilson crosses America defending the treaty Suffers a stroke
Senate Votes Nov. 1919 Yea- 55 Nay- 39
Seeing Red! 1917 Russian Revolution 1919 Communist Party of the USA formed (CPUSA)
Polar Bear Expedition 1918-1919 Allied invasion of Russia 1) Stop Allied supplies from going to Bolsheviks 2) Rescue Czech Legion 3) Reopen Eastern Front 4) Stop spread of Communism
Red Summer of 1919 Race Riots- 34 Cities Anarchist Bombings Union Strikes- Seattle May Day March Boston Police Strike
A. Mitchell Palmer Attorney General Palmer Raids “The Fighting Quaker” Attempted Assassination Palmer Raids 10,000+ arrested 249 deported “Soviet Ark”
Spanish Influenza 1/3 of World Infected (500 Million) 3% of World Dies (50 Million +) 10% Mortality Rate
Origins “Spanish” Flu Originated in Kansas/ China/ or America
A Solemn Referendum Election of 1920 Republicans Sen. Warren G. Harding (Oh)- Pres. Gov. Calvin Coolidge (Ma)- VP
Democrats Wilson hoped for a third term Gov. James M. Cox (Oh)- Pres. Ass. Sec. of Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY)- VP
Campaign Harding “A Return to Normalcy”- Isolationism/ Nativism/ Small Gov’t Front Porch Campaign Hollywood/ Big Business Pro-Women’s Rights Infidelity Rumors Black Rumors Cox Pro-League
Results Harding- 404/60% Cox- 127/ 34% Debs- 0/ 3.4%