History-Post+WWI+and+the+1920s

1. The Red Scare; the Palmer Raids and other efforts to eliminate dissent; anti-immigrant and anti-radical sentiment -Outbreak of strikes and riots in 1919 -Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer coordinated series of raids -Quaker from Pennslyvannia -Served 3 terms in Congress -Driven by hatred of foreign radicals and his desire to run for Democratic Nomination in 1920 -Raids against Communists and anarchists on January 3, 1920 -The fear of communists and anarchists (the red scare) spread across the US. The **Palmer Raids** were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical anarchists and communists.

2. Nativism and intolerance: rebirth of the KKK all over the country National Origins Act of 1924 Changing immigration patterns and “undesirable” immigrants

3. The importance of the Sacco and Vanzetti case - Immigration Disputes. -Racial Problems. -Both of them were Italian Immigrants who came to America to find Jobs and to change their life, which turned out in a bad death sentence. The both of them tried to fit in well, but they got dragged into a bad situation. - Racial differences affecting government and judges- The judge of their original trial had a hatred towards immigrants and ruled against them just for that reason. He sent them to death. While in Jail the judge went over their appeals but still ruled against them. Sacco and Vanzetti met the man responsible for their death sentence and proved that Sacco and Vanzetti were not involved but still sentenced to death.

4. Religious fundamentalism and the Scopes Trial · Reasons for the movement · Different forms of Christianity in conflict · Challenges facing Christianity · Urban vs. rural differences; cultural conflicts · Evangelical preachers · The Scopes Trial (film notes) o John T. Scopes o William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow

5. Marcus Garvey and the differing opinions of African American leaders, including DuBois The politics of the Harlem Renaissance: DuBois vs. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA
 * The Great Migration
 * Harlem Renaissance works: poetry, music, art, other writing; overriding themes and ideas

6. The culture of the 1920s: Hollywood, sports, jazz, radio, consumerism, etc.

7. The impact of Prohibition: culture and crime · History of temperance movements · Importance of WWI and anti-German sentiment · Problems with the Volstead Act of 1919 · Breweries · Ways of getting illegal alcohol · Organized crime Al Capone

8. Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover: the three Republican Presidents of the 20s: big business and hands-off government, scandal. All three believed in laissez faire economics and isolationism in foreign policy. Warren G. Harding · Personality and leadership style · Conservative economic policies · Teapot Dome and other scandals · Death in office Calvin Coolidge · Personality, leadership style, and philosophy · Conservative economic policies · Importance of the 1924 election Herbert Hoover · Background and philosophy · Government + big business: “The Associative State” · Volunteerism

9. African American life in the 20s; the Harlem Renaissance

10. The economy of the 20s and the reasons for the boom and the success of big business >> GDP: $70 billion in 1922/ $100 billion in 1929 >> Electricity (by 1925, over 60% of homes had it) >> Demand for new consumer products and appliances >>
 * The problems caused by the end of WWI
 * “The business of America is business” and other quotes reflecting the ethos of the time
 * The causes of the big economic boom: 1922-29
 * Unemployment drops to 3%
 * 2nd Industrial Revolution
 * New consumer products
 * New business practices
 * The automobile
 * Welfare capitalism
 * Women in the new economic era
 * Problems of farmers