Post WWI America. Three Problems at Home 1.Economic Downturn 2.Labor Unrest 3.Red Scare.

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Post WWI America

Three Problems at Home 1.Economic Downturn 2.Labor Unrest 3.Red Scare

1. Economic Downturn Caused by demobilization, conversion from a wartime economy. Inflation of prices – due to transition of jobs Business activity slowed: farmers especially hurt

2. Labor Unrest Caused by unions demanding higher wages denied during war Management fought back Violence erupted throughout industries

3. Red Scare Caused by Russian Revolution and an ongoing fear of foreigners and/or immigrants Deportations, imprisonment of immigrants, quotas, new racial tensions all occurred

Presidents During 1920s Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover

Warren G. Harding ( )

*isolationism, avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries. *international disarmament, a program in which nations voluntarily give up their weapons. Foreign Policy The Harding Presidency

Domestic Issues Normalcy - Harding’s campaign promised a return to pre- WWI peacefulness Red Scare - American’s fear of communism and other extreme ideas

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