Post-WWI Trends Mr. Koch US History B Forest Lake High School
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Post-WWI Trends
Mr. KochUS History B
Forest Lake High School
Post-WWI Trends• “Red Scare”
• intense fear/paranoia of Communism in U.S.
– Russian Revolution• March 1917 – Czar Nicholas II
forced from throne• Nov 1917 – Vladimir Lenin &
Bolsheviks take power• 1918 – Civil War – “Reds” vs.
“Whites” – US backs “Whites”• Reds win and Communism
established (becomes USSR)
Post-WWI Trends
• Palmer Raids– Att. Gen. Palmer conducts
arrest raids of “subversives” • Targeted Communists,
socialists, anarchists• 5,000 arrested• Deported many immigrants
Post-WWI Trends
• Sacco and Vanzetti– Italian immigrants convicted
of robbery/murder • Executed
– Guilty? Or easy targets?
Post-WWI Trends
• Strikes increase, fear of Communist influence
• “Nativism” grows and immigration quotas established
• “laissez-faire” (hands off)
Post-WWI Trends
• Growth of “consumer economy”
• Based on a lot of buying by individuals
– More people buying on credit – installment plans
– Electricity & electric products boom in cities
– Automobiles become more common• Ford’s “Model T”
– Assembly line improved efficiency & cost
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