Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues Objective… Summarize the reaction to the perceived threat of communism in the U.S.
Post WW I themes in America… Nativism… Isolationism… Communism… Anarchists… Radicals
The Russian Revolution Why do the Russian people revolt?... Peace Land Bread
The Russian Revolution Why are Americans threatened by the Russian Revolution?
Leader of the Russian Revolution Vladimir Lenin… In 1919 Lenin calls for a world revolution.
Article Review… The Palmer Raids Target Immigrants,
BEFORE READING Identify several elements within American society that threaten the American way of life and American democracy?
The article thesis… The Palmer raids, fueled by antiradical and anti-immigrant sentiments, were the most spectacular anti-civil rights excesses of the Red Scare of 1919–1920.
A)- Why did America develop a fear of foreigners and foreign influence?
What actions, behaviors or beliefs were associated with radicalism?
What is meant by the term “Americanism?”
"It was an era of lawless and disorderly defense of law and order, of unconstitutional defense of the Constitution, of suspicion and civil conflict--in avery literal sense, a reign of terror," … according to historian Frederick Allen B), C)- What actions taken during this time period support the above statement?
Identify examples of unconstitutional behaviors by law enforcement?
D), E), F)- What was the source of conflict between northern whites and African Americans emigrating from the south?
G)- According to the Ku Klux Klan, what behaviors compromised the goal “100% Americanism”?
H)- Why was trade unionism considered un-American?
I)-M)- Identify & explain several of the long term trends (social, political or other) set in motion by the period of time known as the Red Scare.
AFTER READING The Red Scare and the subsequent Palmer Raids were justified as an attempt to rid American society of political forces threatening American democracy and the American way of life. Upon closer examination the Red Scare and the Palmer Raids reveal deeper issues and hidden motives related to the actions taken during this time period. What are the deeper issues and hidden motives related to the actions taken during this time period?
1919: The Red Scare Communists take over in Russia & threaten world revolution… Communist Party forms in U.S. Government & business leaders bombed Americans panic
Attorney General Palmer’s home in Washington D.C. was bombed…
“…one in a series of coordinated attacks that day on judges, politicians, law enforcement officials, and others in eight cities nationwide. About a month earlier, radicals had also mailed bombs to the mayor of Seattle and a U.S. Senator, blowing the hands off the senator’s domestic worker. The next day, a postal worker in New York City intercepted 16 more packages addressed to political and business leaders, including John D. Rockefeller.”
The Wall Street Bombing of 1920
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer… “…revolution was sweeping over every American institution of law and order…eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues of revolutionary heat…licking the altars of the churches leaping into the belfry of the schools bell, crawling into the sacred corners of American homes… burning up the foundations of society.”
1919: The Red Scare The Palmer Raids or Red Raids Goal: Hunt down suspected Communists, socialists & anarchists - 6,300 arrested deported …U.S.S. Buford
USS Buford - “The Soviet Ark”
The results of raid…
Legacy of the Red Scare Constitutional rights violated Innocent people deported Fuels nativism & intolerance Fuels anti-unionism The abuse of government power
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The Red Scare Trade Unionism Immigrants Palmer Raids 100% Americanism Mitchell Palmer African Americans Ku Klux Klan Radicals/ CommunistsXenophobia History is a story and your group is going to tell a factually based story about a fearful time in America. Step 1: 9 Groups of 3... Count off by 3 Step 2: Use the terms below to create a factual summary. Ideally the summary should demonstrate an interconnecting relationship between the terms. Determine the best order of the terms to tell the story.. Step 3: Each person is responsible for explaining one term and relating the term to the story.
The Twenties The Jazz Age The Roaring Twenties
Postwar Prosperity and Its Price Objective… Describe how the U.S. economy changed in the 1920s and the effects these changes had on American life.
Cause and Effect… A cause is something that makes something else happen. Out of two events, it is the event that happens first. To determine the cause, ask the question "Why did it happen?" An effect is what happens as a result of the cause. Of two related events, it’s the one that happens second or last. To determine the effect, ask the question "What happened?"
1) The Second Industrial Revolution Observation: A Second Industrial Revolution transforms the American economy. The cause? The effect? What are the new consumer products of the 1920s?
Key Industries
2) The Modern Corporation Observation: The organization of American industry changes. The cause? The effect?
3) Welfare Capitalism Observation: Organized labor declines in power. The cause? The effect?
4) The Auto Age Observation: The automobile becomes affordable for all Americans. The cause? The effect?
The Auto Age The effects on American life… 1913: 1.2 M…1929: 26.5 M 1929: 4.8 M new cars 1 in 5 Americans on the road The Auto Age: Henry Ford
The Ford Assembly Line 1925 Ford Model T
The Auto Age The ripple effect of the auto industry on other industries & on the economy?... Early gas stations…
The Auto Age Summarize the effects of the auto age had on American culture.
5) Cities & suburbs Observation: The American city experienced both vertical and horizontal growth. The cause? The effect?
6) Exceptions: Agriculture, Ailing Industries Observation: The agricultural community did not share in the overall prosperity of the 1920s. The cause? The effect?