2. Postwar Troubles Chapter 22 Section 1

3. A. Demobilization – War ended—business wasn’t ready 4.5 million soldiers back to work Unemployment rose—women went back home $2,000,000,000 in cancelled contracts – 12% unemployment – Working conditions and pay were bad

4. Labor Strife – 3,600 work stoppages—4 million workers in 1919 – Seattle General strike 60,000 workers left their jobs – Boston Police Strike 75% went on strike State militia called in

5. C. The Red Scare – Anticommunist hysteria in America – Marxists taught about total government control – Resulted after Bolshevik Revolution – Palmer raids Captured alleged radicals

6. D. Sacco and Vanzetti – Fish peddlers – Charged with murder of a paymaster—1920 – Judge Thayer convicted them August 23, 1927 Put to death

7. Republicans in Power Chapter 22 Section 2

8. A. The election of 1920 – Republican Warren G. Harding – Democrat James Cox – Harding won with 60% of vote Pro business platform Promised aid to farmers

9. B. Harding’s Pro-Business Administration – Less gov’t in business and more business in gov’t – Two Goals 1. Reduce National Debt 2. Promote Economic Growth – War spending increased debt 1 billion to 25 billion – Less Taxes on the rich

10. C. Effect of Republican Politics – 1000 mergers took place – American Plan—Union Free/Open Shops D. New Direction for Women – 19 th Amendment – Feminists – Equal Rights Amendment Failed to pass

11. E. The Enduring Republican Presidency – Harding Scandals – Teapot Dome Scandal Albert Fall – Calvin Coolidge “The business of America is Business” F. Election of 1928 – Hoover won with 58% of vote

13. A Nation Divided Chapter 22 Section 3

14. A. African Americans move Northward – 1920’s 800,000 African Americans moved – 1930 2.5 million had moved Economic opportunities Life free from discrimination Racial violence in Northern cities – 1919 25 race riots

15. B. The Return of the Jedi KKK – Reestablished in 1915 Preacher William Simmons – 5 million people belonged 1920s – Down to 9,000 in 1930s

16. C. African Americans Defend their Rights – NAACP Formed anti-lynching committee – African Americans Unionize Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters – Marcus Garvey supported nationalism New political state in Africa Steam ship company

17. D. Immigration Restrictions – 1920 25% of nation was foreign born – 1921—congress passed law limiting immigration Immigration act of 1924 3% of each nationality already in country

18. E. Mexican American Migration – 1920s—500,000 arrived from Mexico Filled low wage jobs F. American Indian Life – Dawes Act—Americanized Indians Gave them land Forced speaking of English Indians gave away most of the land

19. Country Activity Garvey created a push for nationalism in a country in Africa for Blacks If you were in Garvey’s place? Where would you go? – Choose a spot in the world you’d start a colony Take into consideration climate, number of people you’d take, biomes, relations with neighboring countries, etc – Write a 1 page paper supporting your trip to a prospective client/supporter