1. The Postwar Environment
Chapter 22 Part 1

2. Foreign Policy 1919: Wilson wants to be re-elected in 1920.
Warren G. _____ (_________ party) also campaigning—campaigned on idea of “__________ __________”.
_________ – America’s basic foreign policy after WWI.
Isolationism = _________; ____________.

3. Foreign Policy
To keep “temptation” of entering another war away, the government wanted to weaken the ______.
Held the _________________ for the top five major powers in the world.

4. Presidential Election of 1920
Harding elected president.
Harding ____; _______ becomes president.
Coolidge’s secretary of state, Frank B. Kellogg, also wanted to keep America away from potential of war.
Introduced the _______________ (1928) to establish __________.
Problem: No way to enforce it.

5. The Red Scare Russia: ____________ on the rise.
Many people fearful of ___________.
Why?
Communist leaders announcing plan to _______________ __________________. WORLD DOMINATION

6. PARANOIA: Side Note
1. Create a struggle between common workers and property-owning capitalists.
Americans began seeing any worker discontent or strikes as part of the Communist plot.
2. Anarchist bombings occurring; believed to be part of the communist plot.

7. Effect of Paranoia
Naturally, paranoia of communism caused resentment of immigrants.
EG: Major “Red Scare” court case:
Two Italian anarchists/communists, Nicola _____ and Bartolomeo _______, were arrested and tried for murdering two shoe company employees while trying to ___ them.
At least in part to paranoia, they ended up being _____________ _________________.

8. Economic Depression
The war created a demand for war products; kept business booming.
War over = significant decline in demand
_____________ in cities a problem; Americans returned from war to find _________ and _____ working their jobs—created massive ________.

9. Economic Depression
Farms _______ ; some states asked federal government for help “regulating” prices/production.
Coolidge and other 1920s presidents believed that the federal government should __________.
Coolidge (and others) made the ____ call—soon, farming and business began to _____.