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Warmup. Many historians consider WWI a turning point in American history. How did WWI impact America? How do you think the nation will change now that the war is over? Think about politics, culture, economics society, race relations, gender norms etc…. Postwar Trends. I . Fear of Communism.

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Warmup

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  1. Warmup Many historians consider WWI a turning point in American history. • How did WWI impact America? • How do you think the nation will change now that the war is over? Think about politics, culture, economics society, race relations, gender norms etc…

  2. Postwar Trends

  3. I. Fear of Communism • The Red Scare- Panic in the United States of a Communist Revolution. • The Palmer Raids- Attorney General Palmer hunted down suspected communist.

  4. II. Waves of nativism and isolationism

  5. A. Limiting Immigration Congress established a quota system to limited the amount of immigrants from each country. -Favored western European nations.

  6. B. The KKK Rises again The Klan used anti-communist and nativist feeling to harass any group unlike themselves

  7. C. Sacco and Vanzetti- Italian Immigrants who were charged with murder. 1.were not given a fair trial and were sentenced to death

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