1. Bell Ringer QUESTION #69 QUESTION #70 QUESTION #71 QUESTION #72
Answer the following questions in the EOC Practice Packet in the back of your INB:
QUESTION #69
QUESTION #70
QUESTION #71
QUESTION #72

2. Question 69
Senator Lodge made this statement in opposition to— a. U.S. membership in the League of Nations b. the funding of a massive buildup of the U.S. Navy c. a relaxation of U.S. citizenship requirements d. U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War
The United States is the world’s best hope, but … if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good, and endanger her very existence …. -Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

3. Question 70
In 1919, isolationists in the Senate opposed U.S. membership in the League of Nations because they— a. feared a creation of the Security Council b. resisted colonialism in Africa and Asia c. opposed membership in the League of Nations by Germany d. did not want involvement in future foreign wars

4. Question 71
The major purpose of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points (1918) was to— a. persuade Congress to enter World War I b. set goals for achieving peace after World War I c. provide aid for rebuilding war-ton nations d. punish Germany for the sinking of the Lusitania

5. Question 72
Which document imposed these punishments on Germany after World War I? a. Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy b. Fourteen Points c. Open Door Policy d. Treaty of Versailles

6. Adjusting to Peace
Essential Question: How did Americans adjust to peace after World War I?

7. TEKS and Objectives
We will…
I will…

8. Post-War America Isolationism Americans disillusioned with the war
Returned to original policy
Refused to become involved in other nations’ disputes or problems

9. Post-War America Temporary Recession Economic downturn from 1919- 1921
Government stopped wartime spending
Factories converted from military to civilian production
Farmers lost markets in Europe

10. Political Instability
Russian Revolution
Tsar overthrown
Government replaced by communist dictatorship
Spread of Communism
Threats of communist revolutions in Europe
Wave of communist strikes hit the U.S. in 1919

11. Political Instability
Red Scare
Fear that communists would start a revolution in the U.S.
Anti-communist hysteria

12. Palmer Raids Mitchell Palmer U.S. Attorney General
Italian anarchist set off a bomb outside his home
Judges, politicians, and law enforcement officials attacked too
Palmer convinced it was a plot to overthrow the government

13. Palmer Raids J. Edgar Hoover Assistant Attorney General
Directed raids of 4,000 suspects without warrants
Most release, 600 deported

14. The Sacco and Vanzetti Case
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Italian immigrants
Convicted of committing murder during a robbery to fund anarchist revolution
Convicted and executed with insufficient evidence

15. Rise of Nativism and Racism
Dislike of foreigners
Belief white Protestant Americans were superior
Ku Klux Klan
Revived in 1915
Hostile to immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African Americans

16. Rise of Nativism and Racism
Race Riots
Broke out in many American cities
38 people killed in Chicago
Southern States
Lynchings and segregation continued

17. Post-War Politics Republican Policies Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (1930)
Supported laissez-faire economics
Minimal government interference in business
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act (1930)
Protected U.S. manufacturers by keeping out foreign-made goods
Highest tariffs in history

18. Post-War Politics Lower Taxes on Wealthy & Corporations
Taxes slashed for rich
Tax burden shifted to the average wage earner
Lax Enforcement of Antitrust Laws and Regulations
Many large business mergers too place
Presidents looked the other way

19. Three Republican Presidents

20. Warren G. Harding “Return to Normalcy” 1920 campaign slogan
America should return to isolationism
Focus on peacetime production and prosperity at home

21. Warren G. Harding Foreign Policy Domestic Policy
Refused to join League of Nations, enacted high tariffs, and restricted immigration
Domestic Policy
Lowered taxes on rich
Supported anti-lynching bill
Resisted anti-Semitism
Pursued arms reduction

22. Warren G. Harding Weaknesses Teapot Dome Scandal
Appointed personal friends (Ohio Gang) who turned out to be dishonest
Teapot Dome Scandal
Secretary of the Interior leased oil-rich government lands to friends in exchange for bribes

23. Warren G. Harding Other Scandals
Charles Forbes stole millions from the construction of veterans hospitals
Scandals stained Harding’s reputation

24. Calvin Coolidge Harding’s Vice President
Harding died suddenly in 1923
Elected for another term in 1924
“The Business of America is Business”
President’s motto
Continued Harding’s pro- business policies

25. Calvin Coolidge “Silent Cal” Rarely spoke in public
Had a talent for doing nothing
Credited with economic boom of 1920s
Some blame him for the subsequent crash in 1929

26. Herbert hoover Experienced Politician
Skilled engineer and self-made millionaire
Distributed relief aid to Belgian children during WWI
Oversaw U.S food production during the war
Served as Secretary of Commerce under Coolidge

27. Herbert Hoover “Rugged Individualism”
Americans with equal opportunities, free education, and will to succeed with prosper
Foundation of America’s “unparalleled greatness”
Hoover believed too much government would smother initiative and hard work