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“ Trends in the Post War Era ”. Question to Ponder. What are some issues facing America in the Post-WWI era?. Issues in Post-War America. New American Foreign policy = Isolationism Nativism rises & prejudice against immigrants Many returnin g soldiers face unemployment
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Question to Ponder What are some issues facing America in the Post-WWI era?
Issues in Post-War America • New American Foreign policy = Isolationism • Nativismrises & prejudice against immigrants • Many returning soldiers face unemployment • Women, African-Americans, and Immigrants lose their jobs • Cost of living doubled • Farming & Factory production slows due to lack of wartime orders
Communism Problem: • Communism seen as a threat to American way of life Events: • The Red Scare-American public fears the spread of communism • The Palmer Raids-A. Mitchell Palmer (U.S. Attorney General) along with J. Edgar Hoover (Division of Intelligence) hunt down & deported suspected communists • Sacco and Vanzetti-(Italian immigrants & anarchists) May 1920 were arrested & charged with murder, found guilty under & executed Outcomes: • Communism will continue to be a threat for decades to come in America
Immigration Issue: • Nativists belief = “Keep America for Americans” • immigrants willing to work for lower jobs Events: • need for unskilled labor decreased = less need for immigrants • The Quota System 1. Emergency Quota Act of 1921 established a maximum number of people allowed in from each foreign country (N/A to Western Hemisphere) Effects: • Canadian and Mexican immigration increases
Labor Movement Problem: • During WWI workers not allowed to “strike” • 1919 = more than 3,000 strikes take place Events: • The Boston Police Strike- union reps. demand raise & were fired leading to strike, Gov. Calvin Coolidge calls in National Guard to end strike • The Steel Mill Strike- U.S. Steel Corp. refuses union reps. demands, workers strike & beaten, strikebreakers hired, President Wilson intervenes; strike ends 1920 • The Coal Miners Strike- United Mine Workers of America strike for demands, court order forces workers back to work, secretly keeps going, President Wilson appoints judge to end dispute Outcomes: • Union membership decreases = Labor movement slows