America Red Scare—Fear of 1919-1920
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• America Red Scare—Fear of 1919-1920Prohibition began on Jan. 16, when the
Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. Women get the vote Amendment
August 18, 19_______
Post War Situation Immediately
• US ______________ After WWI
• US Divided over the League of Nations Issue
• Economic____________, Returning Soldiers, and Strikes
• Cost of Living__________, Inflation
• Decline in__________ Orders
American Trends
• American response to stress and post-war struggles: Fear!–_________– A prejudice against
_________people," You could not be 100% American!”
–__________– a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs
• Communism – an _________ and political system based on single party government ruled by a dictatorship. ____owns all __________.
The Red Scare in the US
• The Panic began in 1919
• 70,000 joined the Communist party of the US, some from the IWW or “Wobblies”
• Mail bombs were mailed to government and business leaders, including Att.Gen. A. Mitchell Palmer
A. Mitchell Palmer J. Edgar HooverA. Mitchell Palmer J. Edgar Hoover
The Palmer Raids• Att. Gen. Mitchell A. Palmer appointed
J.Edgar Hoover as a special assistant to hunt down suspected Communists, Socialists, Anarchists and Radicals.
• They trampled civil rights, invaded homes, halls, and offices offered no legal counsel and deported hundreds. (SS Buford) “Soviet Ark”
• No Conspiracy was found. Palmer was discredited.
Roaring 20’s
• Prosperity Mass Production
Henry Ford—Model T, assembly line Factories
Mass Consumption _________________ Washing Machines Stoves
Entertainment Movies Radio ______
Assembly Line
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Lindbergh
Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney
Great Depression America
• Late 1920’s—prices fell because of• ___________________• World economies connected• European nations still in debt from WWI• Borrowed $ from U.S. banks• Default on loans• Banks collapse (starts in C. Europe)• _____________
Black Tuesday— Oct. 29, 1929
• Investors bought stocks on MARGIN – Pay small amount & borrow the rest
• Stock prices fell, loans called in, people cannot pay
• Mass sell off—Stocks continue to fall– 16.4 million shares (normal 3 million)– 40% drop in 1 day– over $30 billion disappeared from the American
economy
NY Stock Exchange on Black Tuesday
Great Depression Takes Hold
• 1929-1932 personal income declined by 50%
• ___,______ banks closed
• Factories & mines closed
• Farms were __________________ on
• FDR started the New Deal with federal programs to get the country out of the Depression