2. Roaring 20s
Chapter 32, Pt 1

3. Red Scare (#1) Could what happened in Russia happen in US?
Labor Unions=Communism?
Attorney General Palmer (Palmer Raids) round up 6000 suspects
Palmer’s home bombed
IWW members persecuted, NY legislators not admitted because they were socialists

4. Uses for Red Scare Turns back unionism Employers keep “open” shops
Sacco and Vanzetti convicted of murder in Boston---Italian, atheist, anarchist, draft dodgers---electrocuted
Cutting short civil liberties?

5. KKK
More nativist than old days..antiforeign, anti-Catholic, anit-Jewish, antipacifist, etc..
Big in Midwest and South
Governor runs with KKK membership as part of resume in Indiana

6. Quota Acts Immigrants now mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe
Emergency Quota Act of 1921, only allowed 3% of your population of 1910
Immigration Act of 1924, now only 2% of 1890 population, no Japanese
No more immigrant tide
Immigrants more isolated in neighborhoods, Italian, Jewish, Polish

7. Prohibition Volstead Act At times racist, anti-immigrant
Tough to enforce a law that changes the life of millions of people
Less alcohol was consumed, absenteeism down, savings up

8. Gangsters Bootleggers organizing to snuff out competition
Al Capone, St Valentine’s Day Massacre, Public Enemy #1

9. Tennessee Monkey Trial
Darwinism and Bible seen as totally opposed
Some Southern states legislate against teaching evolution
Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in Dayton, TN
Trial pits Darrow v. Bryan
Guilty verdict brings small fine (Bryan doesn’t make it)

10. Scopes Trial

11. Mass Consumption Economy
Melon favors capital
Oil flowing
Ford brings mass production to an art at Rouge River (car every ten seconds)
Advertising
Credit!

12. Sports Figures