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What were some post WWI adjustments?

What were some post WWI adjustments?. Return of soldiers Russian Revolution Red scare Decline in Unions Palmer Raids Sacco and Vanzetti Isolationism/Nativism. Return of Soldiers. Faced unemployment Those jobs returned to veterans were done so at the expense of minorities and women

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What were some post WWI adjustments?

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  1. What were some post WWI adjustments? • Return of soldiers • Russian Revolution • Red scare • Decline in Unions • Palmer Raids • Sacco and Vanzetti • Isolationism/Nativism

  2. Return of Soldiers • Faced unemployment • Those jobs returned to veterans were done so at the expense of minorities and women • Cost of living was more than double than that prior to the war • Farmers suffered due to a decline in wartime orders • Labor was cheaper in the south so rural farmers moved their farms there.

  3. Russian Revolution • March 1917 • Nicholas II is overthrown and a representative form of government it set-up under the leadership of Aleksandr Kerensky • Vladimir Lenin represented the working class and peasants with promises of “peace, land, and bread”. His followers called themselves the “Bolsheviks”—Russian for majority • November 1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrow Kerensky and established a socialist government and an communist economy.

  4. Russian Revolution con’t • Communism under Lenin was reference to the revolutionary system that exits when workers take over a society and proclaim an end to all differences between social and economic classes • Lenin’s ideas gained support from the poor Russians • Russia erupts in civil war in 1918 and Lenin manages to hang on to power and institute Marx’s communism.

  5. Red Scare in the U.S. • The U.S. saw the Bolshevik reds as the world's villains • Many of the U.S. labor strikes and terrorist attacks convinced people that the Reds were taking over • Red Scare is the fear of communism, socialism or other so called extreme ideas • Unions suffered because people saw examples of striking unions turning to violence to solve disputes

  6. Palmer Raids • Attorney General Mitchell Palmer authorized the creation of an “anti radical” division of his department to raid organizations suspected of so-called radical activity. • What is an anarchist? • Thousands were jailed, some innocent and over 500 deported. • Terms like Un-American and Bolshevik was a common way to denounce a person or organization • Many lost support for public health care and housing

  7. Sacco and Vanzetti • April 15, 1920, gunmen robbed ad killed the guard and paymaster of a South Braintree, Massachusetts shoe factory • Both men were Italian immigrants and carried pistols when arrested • Nicholas Sacco (shoemaker) and Bartholomew Vanzetti became the suspects • Many viewed their trial as unfair and protested for their release • They were Executed in 1927

  8. Isolationism/Nativism • The U.S. found itself Isolationist after WWI • Why? • Non ratification of Wilson’s League of Nation • Concerns about security and safety in Europe caused many in the U.S. to believe that they should deal with it themselves • Nativism becomes a popular movement that believed foreign born residents were not loyal in to the U.S. and should be feared. • Immigration soared after WWI forcing Congress in 1921 to limit immigration with quotas. In 1924, it excluded Asians completely.

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