1. Yippie for Tuesday  Grab your supplies & put them under your desk
You’ll need them after your test
 It’s going to be a good test day 
Lots to do the rest of the week.
Finish as much of G9 as we can (it’s a big goal)
Reports cards go home today
Failure Contracts go home today

2. Politics of the 1920s Fordney-McCumber Tariff, 1922
The Dawe’s Plan
The Ohio Gang
Teapot Dome Scandal
Calvin Coolidge,
Farmers & Coolidge
Price Supports
Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928
Russian Revolution, 1917
Communism
The Red Scare, 1920s
Palmer Raids
Sacco & Vanzetti, 1920
Results of the Red Scare
Rise of the KKK
Emergency Quota Act, 1921
Labor unrest in the 1920s
Strikes
John Lewis
Decline of Unions
Warren G. Harding,

3. The Russian Revolution, 1917
During WWI, Russia underwent a sweeping revolution
Lenin came into power
The Soviet Union became a Communist county under Lenin & the Bolshevik party
Communism is an economic/political system governed by a dictator (Lenin)
End private property & the government would own everything
We are afraid of an attempted Communist takeover in the USA

4. The Red Scare, 1920s
Russia became a Communist country in 1917 & is called the Soviet Union (USSR)
Fear of the Communist takeover in the USA
The Communist Party formed in the USA & many radicals joined the party
How do we feel about radicals?
Several bombs were mailed to the government, which seemed to confirm our suspicions.
What do you know about how we feel about immigrants?
What do you think we’re going to do?

5. The Palmer Raids
Attorney General of the USA (Head of the Justice Dept.)
USA government hunts people considered dangerous to society
Ex: Communists, radicals, socialists & anarchists
Not concerned with real evidence & often violated peoples’ Constitutional rights
Ex: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Amendments
Failed to turn up any evidence of a Communist takeover in the USA
Was he just trying to boost his image, after all, he did aspire to become President
Fueled fear of foreigners & immigrants

6. Sacco & Vanzetti, 1920
Italian immigrants who just so happened to be anarchists (watch out)
Avoided the draft during WWI = unpatriotic
Arrested & charged with robbery & murder of a paymaster
“Appeared to be Italian”
Judge in the made made racial remarks
Jury found them guilty & they were sentenced to death
1961: New ballistic technology proved that Sacco’s gun was the murder weapon, but no proof of who pulled the trigger
We were more concerned about making an example out of them than the truth

7. Emergency Quota Act, 1921
Result of the immigration boom of the late 19th Century
Immigration up 600%
Set maximum number of people that could come to the USA from a foreign country
ie: We will only accept 500 Serbian immigrants
Goal: To decrease the number of immigrants
Especially from S. & E. Europe & Japan
Chart on page 622 in the book

8. Results of the Red Scare
Keep America
for Americans
A rise in nativism swept the nation
Anti-immigrant attitudes had been on the rise since the immigration boom of the late 1800s
Organizations & federal guidelines were created to combat the immigrants

9. Rise of the KKK “100% American” 4.5 million members by 1924
Main goals were:
“Put blacks in their place”
Attack Unions
Forcing Jews, Catholics & immigrants out of the USA
Dominated state politics, especially in the South
Began to decrease by end of the 1920s

10. Labor Unions Strikes were illegal during the war
Most companies/workers agreed, it was good for the war effort
Putting in extra time, working for little pay etc.
After the war, many workers went on strikes wanting to be recognized for their war effort
More pay
Unions become associated with Communists
Industry claimed these strikes were Communist plots
Decrease in unions

11. Strikes 3 strikes in particular grabbed our attention
Boston Police Strike: Seen as striking against public safety
Steel Mill Strike: Showed people how bad working conditions were
Still not allowed to unionize
Coal Miner’s Strike: Forced the gov’t. to negotiate with union
John Lewis: Strong leader of the Miner’s Union

12. Warran G. Harding, 1921 - 1923 Won the 1920 election Republican
“Return to Normalcy”
Go back to simpler times, before Progressivism
Wanted limited government involvement in business
What is this called?
Laissez-faire

13. Fordney-McCumber Tariff, 1922
High protective tariff; raised taxes on all imports to 60%!
Done to protect American business
Made it difficult for England & France to make money & repay war debt
Demanded German reparations & France threatened to go back to war – the crazy cheese eaters
The Dawe’s Plan: Set up payment plan for Germany to repay war debts (reparations)
US industry would loan Germany $2.5 million so Germany would repay France & England
France & England would then repay what they owed the USA
US getting paid with its own money!

14. The Ohio Gang Harding’s poker buddies who sat on his cabinet
What is this called?
Spoils System
Involved in many scandals that would have a negative impact on Harding’s administration
Illegally selling gov’t. supplies to private companies & taking bribes

15. Teapot Dome Scandal
Navy oil deposit that was sold to the private oil industry
It was only supposed to be for the Navy – this might put us in danger!!
Albert Fall (Sec. of Interior) sold the oil reserves to the oil industry & received over $400,000 mysteriously
“I have no trouble with my enemies…But my friends…they’re the ones that keep me walking the floors at night!”
Harding died of a stroke in 1923

16. Calvin Coolidge, 1923 - 1929 Republican
Became Pres. after Harding’s death & won the 1924 election
Pro-business
“The chief business of the American people is business”
Used laissez-faire policies – limiting gov’t. involvement in business
Wanted to protect American profits, keep taxes down & allow businesses to expand by issuing more credit
BUY! BUY! BUY!

17. Problems with Farmers
After WWI, farmers still overproducing for the war effort
No longer need such large quantities & the market is flooded with agricultural products
Too many products caused prices decline – Fast!
Farmers were losing money
Farmers asked for help from the Fed. Gov’t. & asked for price supports
A minimum purchase price for agricultural products
Coolidge failed to pass price supports for farmers
Farmers struggle during the 1920s & are the 1st to feel the effects of the Great Depression
Will effect the American economy in the 1930s!

18. Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928
Made offensive war illegal & renounced war as a national policy
Signed by 15 countries
No real way to enforce it
What international organization was created to prevent war from starting?