620-626 - analyze primary sources about the league of nations. - describe the challenges and...
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620-626
- Analyze primary sources about the League of Nations.
- Describe the challenges and problems facing the United States following World War I.
Quiz
Strongly Against
Mixed – “on the fence”Mixed – “on the fence”
Strongly in Favor
League ofNations
FRONTFRONT
Battle over the League of Nations Public favored support of Wilson’s idea. Senate opposed support
Henry Cabot Lodge led the Reservationists. Robert LaFollette and Hiram Johnson led Irreconcilables.
Senate defeated treaty 3/19/20.
Post-War Problems Facing the U.S.
Post-War Problems Facing the U.S. Influenza epidemic
Post-War Problems Facing the U.S. Influenza epidemic Rapid demobilization of troops/economy
ex. 1/1919 Baruch abolishes WIB Increasing unemployment and inflation Women lost their high paying war jobs Race relations worsened ex. W.E.B. DuBois
ex. 1919 Chicago
Post-War Problems Facing the U.S.
Race relations worsened W.E.B. DuBois
1919 Chicago Labor unrest caused strikes nationwide in 1919
Pennsylvania AFL steelworkers A.G. Palmer used “injunction” to stop coal strike Gov. Calvin Coolidge Boston Police Strike Seattle shipyard “Central Labor Council” went on strike
Post-War Problems Facing the U.S. Labor unrest caused strikes nationwide in 1919
Pennsylvania AFL steelworkers A.G. Palmer used “injunction” to stop coal strike Gov. Calvin Coolidge Boston Police Strike Seattle shipyard “Central Labor Council” went on strike
The Red Scare Caused due to the fear of the Bolshevik Revolution in
Russia will spread to America!
Police Arrest “Suspected Reds’ in Police Arrest “Suspected Reds’ in Chicago, 1920Chicago, 1920
““RedRed Scare” – Palmer Raids Scare” – Palmer Raids““RedRed Scare” – Palmer Raids Scare” – Palmer Raids
• A.G. Palmer created a new agency in the Justice Dept. headed by J. Edgar Hoover to suppress radicals.
IWW Office after a “Palmer Raid”
(Referring to Palmer Raids)
Threat of the Red Scare
The Election of 1920 Warren Harding/Calvin Coolidge (R)
promised a return to “normalcy” James Cox/(FDR) (D)
lost the election due to Americans
anger over the World War I involvement.
16 million vs. 9 million votes!!
The 1920 ElectionThe 1920 ElectionThe 1920 ElectionThe 1920 Election