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“Normalcy” and Isolationism
Chapter 22 Section 1
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Americans struggle with postwar issues
Unions/ striking workers Communism Tired and needing to return to Isolationism!
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Measures Taken by Harding Administration
Goal: To Maintain World Peace Arranged international conference Proposed a ten-year halt to building warships Proposed a disarmament agreement Urged passage of the Kellogg-Briand Treaty, renouncing war
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Harding’s Ohio Gang Herbert Hoover Sec. of Commerce
Andrew Mellon Sec. of Treasury Charles Forbes Veterans Bureau Albert Fall Sec. of Interior V.P. Coolidge
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Issues of the Day Harding on Administration scandals
Upset, embarrassed Ohio gang on Public service selfish, self-serving, disrespectful, dishonest Forbes stole millions of $$$ Fall made an illegal deal in Teapot Dome Americans on Harding Respectful, accepting, understanding, approving
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Issues of the Day Americans on the Kellogg-Briand Pact
Jubilant, happy, optimistic However, how realistic is this idea? How will it be enforced?
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The Russian Revolution
1917 Russia a mess Czar Nicholas II blamed Revolution occurs, led by V.I. Lenin and the Bolsheviks 1919 speakers of the Communist Party speak about worldwide revolution
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How did the Justice Department respond?
Launched raids against suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchists Arrested, jailed, deported suspected radicals Warned of a Communist plot to overthrow the U.S, government Police Arrest “Suspected Reds’ in Chicago, 1920 A. Mitchell Palmer’s Home Bombed, 1920
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Why was the strike at U.S. Steel so unpopular?
People believed the steel companies’ propaganda linking the leaders and the strikers to communism Violence had broken out, which alarmed a public that was still ignorant of the severe working conditions in the mills
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Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Called in the national guard to restore order, leading to the end of the strike Forced anyone involved in scandals to resign
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Why were these guys executed in 1927?
Sacco and Vanzetti Why were these guys executed in 1927?
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Issues of the Day Americans on Immigrants
Nativist, racist, nationalist, isolationist, negative Thought immigrants would come and take jobs from people already living in America and struggling to find work
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First Winter Olympics 1924 Chamonix, France
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