1. Politics and Prosperity
Read the timeline on Page 710

2. A Republican Decade
Setting the Scene Introduction

3. Russia in 1917 What is going on with Russia’s government?
Vladimir Lenin takes power
Promises “Peace, land, and bread”
Lenin made peace with Germany
He put all privately owned farms, industries, land, and transportation under government ownership

4. The Red Army vs. The White Army
Lenin’s Red Army of communists
VS.
The White Army who consisted of:
Former landowners, government officials, and Russian army leaders
British, French, Japanese, and U.S. support
The Red Army was successful

5. The (USSR) Union of Soviet Socialists Republics
Communism was the ideology of Russia
Openly Anti-American – Why?
Communism means:
Government owns all land and property
A single political party controlled the government
The needs of the country always took priority over the rights of individuals
Communism’s appeal?
A classless society

6. Lauren will you marry Tai-wan?

7. American’s Fear American’s feared the spread of communism
Why were they concerned?
Communists tried to overthrow the new German government
Communists came into power in Hungary
Seattle strikes
Bombs sent in the mail
Newspapers/media fanned the flame
An intense fear of communism became known as the RED SCARE

8. Court Cases during the Red Scare
Schenck v. U.S.
Charles Schenck was writing soldiers to avoid the draft
Was convicted of breaking the Espionage Act
Charles Schenck cited free speech
What was the Court’s decision?
Gitlow v. New York
Bernard Gitlow was convicted of social anarchy
He had been calling people to overthrow the government
Court’s Decision?

9. The Palmer Raids Attorney General of the U.S. A bomb damaged his home
He decided to set up a special force
To conduct raids and arrest suspected “subversives”
Targets: Communists, Socialists, and anarchists
Sacco and Vanzetti
What happened? – Read page 715

10. Strikes The Boston Police Strike Steel and Coal Strikes
Effect: Riots
Steel and Coal Strikes
U.S. steal hired a private police force to squash strike
Brought in African American workers
The American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Opposed labor radicalism and communism
Fought for higher wages, shorter hours, and the right to organize workers
Membership in labor unions peaked at 5 million workers during the Red Scare

11. Republican Leadership
From Republican Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover were presidents
Favored business
Sought social stability

12. Isolationism What is it? Why did Americans want it?
Harding did not join the League of Nations
Still wanted international stability
Worked towards disarmament
Got major military powers to downsize their navies

13. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Raised import taxes to historically high levels
Discouraged imports that competed with goods made by American industries
Why would these tariffs have annoyed Europeans?
Great Britain and France owed the U.S. for their help in the war
Britain and France called for debt cancelation
The U.S. responded by lower the debt

14. The Dawes Plan Germany’s economy was ruined after the war
Could not pay the war reparations
G.B. and the U.S. developed the Dawes Plan
Set a payment plan schedule
Reorganized the German national bank
Approved a loan to Germany

15. Domestic Issues - Nativism
Americans > Immigrants
Why? Explain
Patriotism
Religion
Urban Conditions
Jobs
Red Scare
Harding created a quota on immigrants

16. The Teapot Dome Scandal
Corruption in Harding's administration
What was the scandal?
There was no evidence the president was involved
BUT he may have died from heart issues related to it
Scandals included:
One official stole government funds
Bribes were given for contracts
Teapot Dome Scandal

17. The Coolidge Presidency
“The chief business of the American people is business”
What did Coolidge think government should do with business?
Laissez-faire
Lower taxes and raise tariffs
Read page 720 2nd paragraph under Laissez Faire

18. The Kellogg-Briand Pact
15 nations pledged not to use the threat of war in their dealings with one another
60 nations eventually joined
U.S. was skeptical
Eventually Secretary of State Kellogg decided to join
Was this pact realistic?
Why or why not?

19. HOOVER! (only president from Iowa)
Read The Election of 1928 on page 721