Ch.20 Sec1 EQ: What problems were present in the U.S. after World War I?
Dec 30, 2015
Ch.20 Sec1EQ: What problems were present in the
U.S. after World War I?
Postwar Problem/Trends
Nativism: prejudice and hatred towards foreign born people
Postwar cont…
Isolationism: U.S. foreign policy during the 20’s; pulling away from world affairs
Postwar cont… RED SCARE Red Scare/Palmer Raids/Sacco &
Vanzetti
Postwar cont… Palmer Raids
Postwar cont… Palmer Raids
Ignored Civil Rights Jailed people with no trials Deported people with no trial Soon the public saw him for what he
was› BAD
Postwar cont… Sacco & Vanzetti
Accused of murder Each had an alibis Evidence was circumstantial Judge was prejudice Sentenced to death anyway
Postwar cont…Sacco & Vanzetti
Postwar Problem: Immigration
Immigration Restrictions
Arguments FOR Arguments AGAINST
South Park with the Future People
Labor Movement
1919 saw more than 3,000 strikes Newspapers called them “Plots to
establish Communism
Labor Movement cont…
Boston Police Strike› Cops denied raises
& right to unionize› 75% went on strike› National Guard
called in› All 75% were fired
and replaced
Steel Mill Strike› Wanted shorter
hours and better pay› 300,000 went on
strike› Companies hired
“Scabs” and used violence to attack the strikers
› Eventually lowered the work day
› NO UNION
Labor cont…
Coal Miners’ Strike› United Mine
Workers Union went on strike
› Ordered back to work, but ignored the order
› Negotiator gave the workers a raise
End of Labor Movement› 1920’s hurt labor:
Immigrants willing to work for anything
Unions couldn’t organize immigrants
Farmers had to rely on themselves as they always had
Exclusion of African-Americans