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3 KEY IDEAS OF CHAPTER 12 1. ANTI-COMMUNIST AND ANTI-LABOR FEELINGS. 2. DESIRE FOR “NORMALCY” AND ISOLATIONISM. 3. BUSINESS PROSPERS… OR DOES IT? 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 3

SECTION 1 AMERICANS STRUGGLE WITH POST WAR ISSUES 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 4

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION CZAR OVERTHROWN THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR COMMUNISTS WIN GOALS OF COMMUNISM WORLDWIDE REVOULTION OVERTHROW CAPITALISM 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 5

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TWO ECONOMIC SYSTEMS COMMUNISM = NO PRIVATE PROPERTY GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF ALL BUSINESSES EQUALITY OF CONDITION CAPITALISM = PRIVATE PROPERTY INDIVIDUALS OWN BUSINESSES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 8

THE RED SCARE IN THE U. S. VERY FEW MEMBERS (. 1 %) LETTER BOMBS TO GOV’T “THE PALMER RAIDS” ARRESTED COMMUNISTS SOCIALISTS ANARCHISTS 9/23/2021 NO EVIDENCE OF A CONSPIRACY MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 9

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THE RED SCARE IN THE U. S. LEADS TO “NATIVISM” SACCO & VANZETTI MURDER CONVICTION 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 15

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THE RED SCARE IN THE U. S. LEADS TO “NATIVISM” u. THE KLAN RISES AGAIN u 4. 5 MILLION MEMBERS u ANTI-AFRICAN-AMERICAN u ANTI-FOREIGNERS u ANTI-CATHOLIC, JEWISH 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 17

KKK MARCH 9/23/2021 WASH. DC - 1925 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 18

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A TIME OF LABOR UNREST HIGHER WAGES DEMANDED BOSTON POLICE STRIKE (1919)- FAILED ALL WERE FIRED RIGHT TO HAVE UNIONS DEMANDED BETTER WORK CONDITIONS DEMANDED U. S. STEEL STRIKE (1919 -20) - FAILED VIOLENCE (18 KILLED) BETTER WAGES / LESS HOURS DEMANDED COAL MINERS STRIKE (1919 -20) - MIXED 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 22

"I have pleaded your case from the pulpit and from the public platform--not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant asking alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding the rights to which free men are entitled. " 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 23

LABOR MOVEMENT LOSES APPEAL u ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS –DIFFERENT LOCATIONS / JOBS –DIFFERENT RACES/LANGUAGES u PUBLIC OPINION PROBLEMS –HIGH % OF IMMIGRANTS –FEAR OF “RADICALISM” ESPECIALY COMMUNISM 9/23/2021 MAH-CH 12 = POLITICS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES 24

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