The 1920sI can identify the characteristics

of social conflict and social change that took place in the early 1920s

SpecificsOWhat were the causes and effects of the first Red Scare?

OHow did labor strife grow during the postwar years?

OHow did the United States limit immigration after WWI?

The First Red ScareO 1917- The Rise of the

Bolsheviks (the bigger of the two communist groups vying for power. The other was the Mensheviks) O Headed by Vladimir

LeninO 1922 – The Soviet

Union is formedO Communism is

officially in control of a large nation

What is Communism?

O Why is this economic system so bad that we actually “fear” it?

O What are its principles and beliefs?

O If that is what people choose how could it be bad for America?

Why is this idea threatening?It’s just a party.

CapitalismOYou have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.

SocialismO You have two

cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.

Communism (in theory)OYou have two cows. Your

neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.

Communism (in reality)OYou have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for your share of the milk, but it's so long that the milk is sour by the time you get it.

Russian Communism

OYou have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.

OAmerican Reaction to CommunismOFeared the overthrow of

capitalism (what are capitalism’s values)

OFear of violent revolutionOShift in American thought

from “fear the Hun” to “fear the Red”

OCommunist parties began to form

OBombs were mailed to some individuals

OPalmer RaidsOA. Mitchell

PalmerOTargeted

AliensOGoal was

Deportation

OWho are we “scared” of today?

OWhy?

Labor StrifeOIn 1919 4 million workers too part in 3,000 strikes

OAnd in almost every case labor lost

OWhy the postwar difficulties?

OWhy the postwar difficulties?OWartime prosperity was goneOSinking demand for war goodsOWilson focused on the peace plan

OReturning soldiers expected their jobs back

ORed Scare connection with labor

Nativism and RacismO http://

www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=AD2A745A90CAF485D6CCC182D66B2038

Limiting ImmigrationOBacklash against foreigners in

the postwar eraOCompetition for scare jobsORed ScareOIncrease in nativism

OAll these combined with the ill feelings left after WWI helped create a push for immigration reform

OThe National Origins Act of 1924OOnly 2% of

that nation’s representation in America using 1890 as the base year

Sacco and VanzettiO Nicola Sacco and

Bartolomeo VanzettiO Italian

immigrants and anarchists

O Accused of robbery and murder

O Evidence was weakO http://

law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/s&vevidence.htm

Conflicts over ValuesO The shift from a mostly rural America to an

urban one was highly significantO Rural had meant traditional hard-working,

self-reliant, religious (Protestant), and independent

O http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=AD2A745A90CAF485D6CCC182D66B2038

O There was a reaction to the changesO Immigration reform was oneO The others. . .

ORebirth of the KKKO Why?

OFor Native, White, Protestant Supremacy

OMillions signed up

O Rise of FundamentalismO Literal interpretation of the Bible and

the teaching of evolutionO Scopes Monkey Trial – Dayton, TN

O Clarence Darrow v. William Jennings Bryan

O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Kdc0LLSW8

ProhibitionO http://

www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=AD2A745A90CAF485D6CCC182D66B2038

O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8WBjmhHzYY