1. POLITICS OF THE ROARING 20’S

2. AMERICAN POSTWAR ISSUES

3. ISOLATIONISM

4. FEAR OF COMMUNISM

5. SOVIET UNION COMMUNISM
Lenin

6. SACCO & VANZETTI

7. THE KLAN RISES AGAIN

8. CONGRESS LIMITS IMMIGRATION
Congress, in response to nativist pressure, decided to limit immigration from southern and eastern Europe
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 set up a quota system to control and restrict immigration
America changed its formally permissive immigration policy

9. A TIME OF LABOR UNREST

10. BOSTON POLICE STRIKE

11. STEEL MILL STRIKE

12. COAL MINERS’ STRIKE
Lewis

13. 1920s: TOUGH TIMES FOR UNIONS
Ford Foundry workers in 1926; only 1% of black workers were in Unions at the time