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America Red Scare—Fear of 1919-1920

America Red Scare—Fear of 1919-1920 Prohibition 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

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America Red Scare—Fear of 1919-1920

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  1. America • Red Scare—Fear of 1919-1920 • Prohibition began on Jan. 16, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect. • Women get the voteAmendment August 18, 19_______

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Communism – an _________ and political system based on single party government ruled by a dictatorship. ____owns all __________.

  5. 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

  6. A. Mitchell Palmer J. Edgar Hoover

  7. 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.

  8. Roaring 20’s • Prosperity • Mass Production • Henry Ford—Model T, assembly line • Factories • Mass Consumption • _________________ • Washing Machines • Stoves • Entertainment • Movies • Radio • ______

  9. Assembly Line

  10. Charlie Chaplin

  11. Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney Charles Lindbergh

  12. 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) • _____________

  13. 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

  14. NY Stock Exchange on Black Tuesday

  15. 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

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