1920s Interwar YearsUNIT EQ: HOW DID THE 1920’S TRANSFORM AMERICAN CULTURE?

Section EQ: What repelled immigrants from capitalism and what prompted nativism?

Section Vocab Communism- single-party, dictator-led government system. Equality

above all else.

Red Scare- widespread fear in U.S. in response to communist cries for worldwide revolution against capitalism.

Palmer Raids- government seizure of property in search of hidden communists in America

Nativism- widespread anti-immigration sentiments

Isolationism- America would stay out of all foreign conflicts

Sacco & Vanzetti- two Italian immigrants found guilty of murder amidst a controversial case strewn with anti-immigrant prejudice

Quota system- only 2% of present nationals allowed to enter U.S.

John L. Lewis- leader of mine workers union earned 27% wage increase for mine workers

Strikebreakers- hired by management to work during time of a labor strike

Rise of Nativism After WWI

Nativism grew because… Veterans were unemployed

Cost of living doubled

Farmers lose demand due to peace

Need for unskilled labor drops due to peacetime

Fear of communism on the rise

Communism Rises

Russia introduced communist governments Government ownership of industries

No private property

Dictator-led governments

Communists called for a worldwide rebellion against capitalism

70,000 members of the Communist Party in America

Cause and Effect of The Red Scare

Cause 70,000 known members of the Communist Party in America

But how many are hiding amongst us…??

Some anarchists mailed bombs to government officials

Effect Palmer Raids: Attorney General, appointed J. Edgar Hoover to

help hunt down suspected communists, socialists and anarchists

Sacco & Vanzetti

Italian Immigrants, known Anarchists, accused of murder

Trial was strewn with discrimination and prejudice.

Both men found guilty of murder

Public outcry was on a worldwide scale

KKK gains support

By 1925, 4.5 million members “100% Americanism”