A.p. ch 32 pt. 1

A.p. ch 32 pt. 1

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  Bloodied by WWIand disillusioned by the peace, Americans turned inward in the 1920’s. Shunning diplomatic commitments to foreign countries, they also denounced “radical” foreign ideas, condemned “un-American” lifestyles, and clanged shut the immigration gates against foreign peoples. The boom of the golden twenties showered genuine benefits on Americans, as incomes and living standards rose for many. New technologies, new consumer products, and new forms of leisure and entertainment made the twenties roar.
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  SEEING RED Hysterical fears of red Russia permeated American society after 1917, which spawned a small communist party in America. Upstanding Americans jumped to the conclusion that labor troubles were fomented by bomb-and-whisker Bolsheviks.
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  The big “redscare” of 1919-1920 resulted in a nationwide crusade against left-wingers whose Americanism was suspect. Attorney Gen. Mitchell Palmer earned the title of the “Fighting Quaker” by his excess zeal in rounding up suspects. Various states joined the pack in the outcry against radicals. In 1919-1920 a number of legislatures, reflecting the anxiety of “solid” citizens, passed criminal syndicalism laws. These anti-red statutes made unlawful the mere advocacy of violence to secure social change.
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  The red scarewas a godsend to conservative business people, who used it to break the backs of fledgling unions. Labor’s call for the “closed” or all-union shop was denounced as “Sovietism in disguise.” Employers, in turn, hailed their own anti-union campaign for the “open” shop as the “American Plan.”
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  Anti-redism & anti-foreignismwere reflected in a notorious case regarded by liberals as a “judicial lynching.” Explain the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. What was the impact of the outcome?
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  HOODED HOODLUMS ofthe KKK A new Ku Klux Klan, spawned by the postwar reaction, mushroomed fearsomely in the early 1920’s. Despite the familiar sheets and hoods, it more closely resembled the anti-foreign “nativist” movements of the 1850’s. What was the Klan against? What was it for? Describe its popularity. What tactics did the Klan employ? Explain the fate of the Klan.