HIST 2112 Lecture 10Outline of Last Lecture I. America during the age of Imperialism- From Colony to ColonizerII. Europe’s Imperial Heyday- 19th CenturyIII. America- Traditionally anti-imperialist, but…IV. Why American Imperialism?A. ProfitB. Power and PrestigeC. Cultural Ideasa. Social Darwinismb. Race and Christianityc. Spreading Democracyd. MasculinityV. The Spanish-American War (1898)A. Two key eventsa. De Lome Letterb. The Maine explosionVI. Anti-imperialist FeelingsA. Teller amendmentB. Anti-imperial leagueC. Anti-imperials angered by Platt AmendmentD. PhilippinesVII. Philippines- America as the new SpainVIII. American Imperialism continues Outline of Current Lecture I. A very brief reference to the Great War, and a couple of Key pointsA. The Great MigrationB. Woodrow Wilson, the Versailles Treaty, and the Decline of ProgressivismII. The Antiwar Movement in WWIA. “Progressive Doubters”a. Jane Addams and the Women’s Peace Partyb. Alice PaulB. Isolationists and Anti-Imperialistsa. William Jennings BryanC. Labor Protestorsa. Wages, prices, and labor unrestb. Socialists, communists, etc.1. Eugene V. DebsIII. The Reaction to Antiwar ActivitiesA. Anti-German feelings and ‘nativism”a. The American Protective LeagueB. US Legislative/executive reactiona. Post office censorship, 1917b. Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917c. The Committee on Public Informationd. Two BiggiesC. Supreme Court Reactionsa. Schenk vs. US (1919)b. Abrams vs. US (1919)c. Pierce vs. US (1920)IV. The Red ScareA. Letter bombs mailed to thirty government officialsB. A. Mitchell Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover, and the “Radical Division”C. The “Red Ark” deportationsD. Jan. 1920- The “palmer raids” arrest some 10,000 peopleE. Mitchell’s May Day Warnings and the end of the ScareV. The 1920s- The end of progressivism and the rise of the “consumer society”Current Lecture: World War I and the Red ScareI. A very brief reference to the Great War, and a couple of Key pointsA. The Great Migration: Northward migration because blacks want to leave the south… picks up in WWII B. Woodrow Wilson, the Versailles Treaty, and the Decline of Progressivismo Death of Progressivism 1920s: - It’s very difficult to talk about reform, etc… o “Making the World Safe for Democracy” : Woodrow Wilson – He is a classic Progressive… After WWI, he took the positive view and said here’s an opportunity for a peace treaty for the world  14 points Europe doesn’t like them, they’re mad, want vengeance NOW.  has stroke, almost dies… wife helps him while he is down & out…  death of an erao Versailles TreatyII. The Antiwar Movement in WWIA. “Progressive Doubters”: Mainly Female Activistso Forget Europe, Start by fixing problems at homea. Jane Addams and the Women’s Peace Partyb. Alice Paul: went on a hunger strike to protest the war  insane asylum, force fed to end her strike.B. Isolationists and Anti-Imperialists: many of the same people who rejected Spanish-American Waro We should not get involved in foreign affairsa. William Jennings BryanC. Labor Protestors: People in the toughest industries… radical unions- anti-wara. Wages, prices, and labor unrest: war was a capitalist war between rich people and the poor, working men had to go fighto Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.b. Socialists, communists, etc.1. Eugene V. Debs: railroad man turned union activist- Socialist - He says “the capitalist tells us we’re going to Europe to fight for freedom, let them do it…”III. The Reaction to Antiwar Activities: We tend to lean towards BritishA. Anti-German feelings and “nativism”- A lot of Americans who were from German ancestry change their names to avoid anti-Germans threatsa. The American Protective League: group that takes it upon themselves toenforce the law… they get secretly funded by the govn’t… encouraged people to spy on their neighbors and report anything suspicious to the authorities… slacker patrols who ran across college aged man, no draft card = beating o 100% AMERICANISM!!!B. US Legislative/executive reactiona. Post office censorship, 1917: Trading with the enemy… the post office censors the mail. Anything damaging the war or America does not get carried… b. Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917: foreign language newspapers are illegal if there is not an English version that has been approved by the governmentc. The Committee on Public Information: CPI is a government organization who rallies troops for ward. Two Biggies: Espionage Act & Sedition Acto What happens when freedom of speech is clamped down ono E. Act: You can be put in jail for +10years or fined $10,000 for having anything to do with the enemy  600 people go to jailo S. Act: Anyone who uses any kind of abusive, profane, or scurrilous language against America can go to jail  1200 people go to jail, including Eugene DebsC. Supreme Court Reactionsa. Schenk vs. US (1919)b. Abrams vs. US (1919): Read documentc. Pierce vs. US (1920)o Anti-war people who are immigrants who complain about war and spread documentation during the S. Act, & the Supreme Court Rules against them and they go to jailVI. The Red Scare: - After the warA. Letter bombs mailed to thirty government officials: 1919o 30 officialso Like terrorismo The people who receive bombs were anti-communistsB. A. Mitchell Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover (runs FBI), and the “Radical Division”:o They get together and crack down on communists and radicals with the Radical division… deport those peopleC. The “Red Ark” deportationsF. Jan. 1920- The “palmer raids” arrest some 10,000 people: suspected revolutionaries… 6,000 are released immediately… others sit in jail for a long time with no charges… UGLY.G. Mitchell’s May Day Warnings and the end of the Scare: good information… MayDay = attempted revolution in the US… nothing happens!VII. The 1920s- The end of progressivism and the rise of the “consumer