HIST 106 1nd Edition Lecture 12Outline of Last LectureI. WWI II. The Great Russian RevolutionIII. Treaty of Versailles Outline of Current Lecture I. US after WWIII. Europe after WWIIII. Nazi’sIV. HitlerCurrent LectureAnnouncement: Holocaust Survivor comes Tuesday March 18th- Russians drop out of WWI by a treatyo Treaty of Brest- Litovsk- Congress denied Wilson of the Treaty of Versailles- Germans are stuck with large payments to the Frencho They print more money which leads to hyperinflationo Hyperinflation until 1923 The US stops it by sending a group of bankers led by Dawes (Dawes Act) - They sweep up all the money and create new money system- Germans DO NOT owe the US money because they didn’t ratify the Treaty of Versailles- US felt that if they straighten out German economy they will be able to send money to British and French who will pay the US better- 1929 US Stock Market Crash- United Stateso Turns very conservative after the warThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Started to hate foreigners, socialist, Catholics, Jews, blacks, ect. o A. Mitchell Palmer led raids all over country (Palmer Raids)o 1920s KKK returns  Were against everybody They become strongero The American Legion  Very close to the KKK Turning against anybody who was not 100% Americano American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was created to protect citizens from the KKK and American Legiono The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) “The wobblies” strongest in Texas believed in direct action wanted to take down capitalismo 1918 Government rounds up the wobblies They were arrested for conspiracy  Government was allowed to do it because US was technically still in war because the agreement was not signed o Two Italian immigrants (Sacco and Vanzetti) were blamed for Anti-American activities during the war They were arrested, tried, and executed o 1920 US elects a Republican Warren G. Harding (1920-1924)- Died mysteriously on a ship- First Death Certificate states “Shell Fish Poisoning”- Second Death Certificate states “Heart attack”- It is said that his wife murdered him so that he wouldn’t see him administration go down in flames- His entire cabinet except 2 went to jail Blamed the WWI on Democrats b/c Woodrow Wilson was Democrato Calvin Coolidge elected 1924  “silent Cal”o Herbert Hover elected 1928 Engineer from Stanford Multi millionaire, didn’t take a salary o Big business returns 1922 strike down Child Labor laws  Prohibition is passed and last until 1933o 1920-1930 “A Boom Decade” Making lots of money Congress and Presidents are very Republican Easy for people to make money The rise of the “hoodlums” - Al Capone made large amounts of money- Europeo The Nazi’s Product of the 1920’s1. National (Germany only)2. Roman (symbols come from Ancient Rome)3. Male movement4. Convinced Germany that they were part of an ancient tribe: Aryans5. Hated the Jews a. .07% of German population are Jewish b. Jews are “stingy”6. Worship the Volk7. Master producers of “stuff”o Hitler Didn’t get into Art School and blamed the Jews He was born and grew up in Austrian- Dictators are often not born in the country they dictate  Father was an alcoholic and abusive Hitler spent his mother’s pension Goes to Germany He was a message deliver in the war He was never promoted and became angry His first job in Munich was a spy- Went from group to group and wrote reports He joined one group called NSDAP- “National Socialists German Workers