Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

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Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
Objective Summarize the reaction to the
perceived threat of communism in the U.S.
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Post WW I themes in America

• Nativism
• Isolationism
• Communism
• Anarchists Radicals

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The Russian RevolutionWhy do the Russian people
revolt?...

• Peace
• Land
• Bread

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The Russian Revolution

• Why are Americans threatened by the Russian
  Revolution?

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Leader of the Russian Revolution Vladimir Lenin
In 1919 Lenin calls for a world revolution.
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Article Review

• The Palmer Raids Target Immigrants, 1919-1920

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BEFORE READING

• Identify several elements within American society
  that threaten the American way of life and
  American democracy?

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The article thesis

• The Palmer raids, fueled by antiradical and
  anti-immigrant sentiments, were the most
  spectacular anti-civil rights excesses of the Red
  Scare of 19191920.

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• A)- Why did America develop a fear of foreigners
  and foreign influence?

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• What actions, behaviors or beliefs were
  associated with radicalism?

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• What is meant by the term Americanism?

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"It was an era of lawless and disorderly
defense of law and order, of unconstitutional
defense of the Constitution, of suspicion and
civil conflict--in avery literal sense, a reign
of terror," according to historian Frederick
Allen

• B), C)- What actions taken during this time
  period support the above statement?

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• Identify examples of unconstitutional behaviors
  by law enforcement?

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• D), E), F)- What was the source of conflict
  between northern whites and African Americans
  emigrating from the south?

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• G)- According to the Ku Klux Klan, what behaviors
  compromised the goal 100 Americanism?

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• H)- Why was trade unionism considered un-American?

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• I)-M)- Identify explain several of the long
  term trends (social, political or other) set in
  motion by the period of time known as the Red
  Scare.

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AFTER READING

• The Red Scare and the subsequent Palmer Raids
  were justified as an attempt to rid American
  society of political forces threatening American
  democracy and the American way of life. Upon
  closer examination the Red Scare and the Palmer
  Raids reveal deeper issues and hidden motives
  related to the actions taken during this time
  period. What are the deeper issues and hidden
  motives related to the actions taken during this
  time period?

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1919 The Red Scare

• Communists take over in Russia threaten world
  revolution
• 1919 - Communist Party forms in U.S.
• Government business leaders bombed
• Americans panic

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Attorney General Palmers home in Washington D.C.
was bombed
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Attorney General Palmers home in Washington
D.C. was bombed
one in a series of coordinated attacks that day
on judges, politicians, law enforcement
officials, and others in eight cities nationwide.
About a month earlier, radicals had also mailed
bombs to the mayor of Seattle and a U.S. Senator,
blowing the hands off the senators domestic
worker. The next day, a postal worker in New York
City intercepted 16 more packages addressed to
political and business leaders, including John D.
Rockefeller.
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The Wall Street Bombing of 1920
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Attorney General Mitchell Palmer
revolution was sweeping over every American
institution of law and ordereating its way into
the homes of the American workman, its sharp
tongues of revolutionary heatlicking the altars
of the churches leaping into the belfry of the
schools bell, crawling into the sacred corners of
American homes burning up the foundations of
society.
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1919 The Red ScareThe Palmer Raids or Red Raids
Goal Hunt down suspected Communists, socialists
anarchists - 6,300 arrested - 850 deported
U.S.S. Buford
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USS Buford - The Soviet Ark
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The results of raid
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Legacy of the Red Scare

• Constitutional rights violated
• Innocent people deported
• Fuels nativism intolerance
• Fuels anti-unionism
• The abuse of government power

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• Identify
• - The symbolism being used
• - The meaning being conveyed
• - The relationship to the Red Scare

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History is a story and your group is going to
tell a factually based story about a fearful time
in America. Step 1 9 Groups of 3... Count off
by 3 Step 2 Use the terms below to create a
factual summary. Ideally the summary should
demonstrate an interconnecting relationship
between the terms. Determine the best order of
the terms to tell the story.. Step 3 Each
person is responsible for explaining one term and
relating the term to the story.
The Red Scare Trade Unionism Immigrants
Palmer Raids 100 Americanism Mitchell
Palmer African Americans Ku Klux Klan Radicals/
Communists Xenophobia
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The Twenties1920 - 1929

• The Jazz Age
• The Roaring Twenties

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Postwar Prosperity and Its Price
Objective Describe how the U.S. economy changed
in the 1920s and the effects these changes had on
American life.
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Cause and Effect

• A cause is something that makes something else
  happen. Out of two events, it is the event that
  happens first. To determine the cause, ask the
  question "Why did it happen?" An effect is what
  happens as a result of the cause. Of two related
  events, its the one that happens second or
  last.  To determine the effect, ask the question
  "What happened?"

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1) The Second Industrial Revolution

• Observation
• A Second Industrial Revolution transforms the
  American economy.
• The cause?
• The effect?

• What are the new consumer products of the 1920s?

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Key Industries 1900 - 2000
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2) The Modern Corporation

• Observation
• The organization of American industry changes.
• The cause?
• The effect?

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3) Welfare Capitalism

• Observation
• Organized labor declines in power.
• The cause?
• The effect?

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4) The Auto Age

• Observation
• The automobile becomes affordable for all
  Americans.
• The cause?
• The effect?

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The Auto Age

• The effects on American life
• 1913 1.2 M1929 26.5 M
• 1929 4.8 M new cars
• 1 in 5 Americans on the road

The Auto AgeHenry Ford
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1925 Ford Model T
The Ford Assembly Line
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The Auto Age

• The ripple effect of the auto industry on other
  industries on the economy?...

Early gas stations
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The Auto Age
Summarize the effects of the auto age had on
American culture.
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5) Cities suburbs

• Observation
• The American city experienced both vertical and
  horizontal growth.
• The cause?
• The effect?

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6) Exceptions Agriculture, Ailing Industries

• Observation
• The agricultural community did not share in the
  overall prosperity of the 1920s.
• The cause?
• The effect?