Standard 16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.

Standard 16The student will identify key

developments in the aftermath of WWI.

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The Red Scare

The communists in Russia were called the “Reds”.

When they took over Russia, people in America feared that the communists were going to try and take over the USA.

What is Communism?

The government owned all land and property.

A single political party controlled the government.

Individuals had no rights that the government was bound to respect.

The government vowed to stir up revolutions in other countries and spread communism throughout the world.

Legal Events in the 1910s

Sacco and Vanzetti

A murder occurred in Massachusetts.

Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants, were arrested for the crime.

They were convicted of the crime and executed. Many felt they

were chosen because they were immigrants.

Limit Immigration

Quota – a numeral limit on immigrants from each foreign nation.

Asian immigration was banned all together.

After WWI, nativism grew stronger for many reasons:

Many Americans believed that people from foreign countries could never be fully loyal to the US.

Nativists, who were mostly Protestants, had long disliked immigrants who were Catholics, Orthodox Christians, or Jews.

Americans often blamed the problems of cities, such as slums and corruption, on the immigrants who lived in them.

Workers feared immigrants might take their jobs away from them.

Nativists argued that some immigrants came from the most unstable parts of Europe, where WWI had started. They believed that these immigrants might hold or might adopt dangerous political ideas.

The Red Scare was prompted byA. Westward expansion dur to the

increased immigration.B. The rise of communism and socialism

in the US.C. The annexation of Hawaii following

military action by the US Navy.D. US involvement in Latin America.

In the 1920s, labor unions were wary of Eastern European immigrants in part because ofA. Black TuesdayB. The Jazz AgeC. The Red ScareD. The Great Depression

The term “Red Scare” refers toA. US concerns about communism.B. Citizens fears concerning the social

changes of the 1920s.C. Specific legislation restricting

immigration.D. White fears inspired by the Harlem

Renaissance.

A US citizen terrified by ideas of the Bolsheviks and caught up in the “Red Scare” was most concerned aboutA. The Great Depression.B. Communism.C. The Harlem Renaissance.D. Tin Pan Alley.

Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were closely tied toA. The Neutrality Act.B. Overproduction.C. Black Tuesday.D. The Red Scare.

Which of the following MOST contributed to a suspicion of immigrants and a mistrust of those with different political beliefs in the years following WWI?A. The opening of Ellis Island.B. The Red Scare.C. The Cuban Missile Crisis.D. The Soviet invasion of Germany.

B

Ford and the Automobile Henry Ford’s first car

was the Model T He made the assembly

line more efficient. (mass production) By having the product

move and not the worker, he could produce products much more quickly.

Ford also paid his workers better than other factories at the time. He paid his workers $5 a

day.

Henry Ford contributed to the United States’ growth as an industrial nation by introducing such innovations asA. The electric light and buying stock on

the margin.B. New methods of mass production and

a more efficient assembly line.C. The cotton gin and interchangeable

parts.D. The phonograph and the moving

picture camera.

C

Movies Between 1910 and

1930 the number of theatres rose from 5,000 to 22,500.

Before 1927, all movie were silent.

The Jazz Singer, the first movie with sound was released in 1927.

Movies with sound were known as “talkies.”

People went to the movies to try and forget about their problems.

Radio Before 1920, radio

barely existed. The first radio

station was KDKA in Pittsburgh in 1920.

In 1922, NBC was created to reach more people with national programming.

Because of NBC and other networks, radio became a medium for the masses.

Challenges to Traditional Beliefs

1. Science and technology were taking a larger role in everyday life and thought.

2. War and widespread problems of modern society were causing more people to question whether God existed or took an active role in human affairs.

3. Some scholars were saying that the Bible was a document written by humans and contained contradictions and even historical inaccuracies.

Fundamentalism In addition to

traditional Christian ideas about Jesus Christ, fundamentalists argued that the Bible was inspired by God and cannot contain contradictions or errors. They declared that the Bible is literally true and that every story in it actually took place.

The Scopes Trial This was the 1st

trial ever broadcast over the radio.

The issue was whether evolution could be taught in school.

The court decided that evolution could be taught in schools.

US citizens became more exposed to advertisements, politics, and cultural influences nationwide as a result ofA. The Cold War.B. Radical Reconstruction.C. Radio, television, and movies.D. The New Deal.

D

The Jazz Age Jazz features

improvisation, where the musician makes up the music as they are playing.

It also has an off-beat rhythm called syncopation.

It grew out of the Blues and Ragtime.

Louis Armstrong, Satchmo, was the biggest performer of the time.

The Lost Generation

They believed that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values.

The three most famous writers are Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and e.e. cummings.

The Harlem Renaissance For African

Americans, the cultural center of the US was New York City’s Harlem.

In the 1920s, it was the home of African American literary awakening.

The famous writers are Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Alain Locke.

Irving Berlin and Tin Pan Alley

Berlin was one of the most successful songwriters in American history.

He wrote God Bless America, White Christmas, Anything You Can Do, and There’s No Business Like Show Business.

Tin Pan Alley was an area of New York City where many of the popular songwriters of the time lived during the 1910s and 1920s.

Which BEST defines the Harlem Renaissance?A. A time of great racial tension

exemplified by race riots in New York.B. A time of high interest in southern

African American culture.C. A concentrated time of African

Americans achievement in literature and music.

D. The renovation of turn of the century buildings in Harlem.

Tin Pan Alley is most associated withA. Langston HughesB. The Red ScareC. Irving BerlinD. Henry Ford

Langston Hughes and other African-American writers are associated most closely withA. Tin Pan Alley.B. The Harlem Renaissance.C. The New Deal.D. Black Tuesday.

Unit 4 Book Questions

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