HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I. Home FrontII. Wilson’s 14 PointsIII. Ho Chi Minh Outline of Current Lecture II. Roaring 20’sIII. Red ScareIV. ProhibitionV. Radical ViolenceVI. Pan-AfricanismCurrent LectureRoaring 20’s -First decade to portray an image-sexual resolution; girls showed no skin-conflicted time; time period of cultural conflict-only a few Americans (upper class) should have the American dream-in June several bombs exploded in cities-in September, a bomb exploded on Wall Street; there was a $80,000 reward-many believed aliens (non-citizens) were out to destroy the U.S.Red Scare-battle over radicalism-A nationwide fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other dissidents suddenlygrabbed the American psyche in 1919 following a series of anarchist bombings -The nation was in fear -Innocent people were jailed for expressing their views, civil liberties were ignored, and many Americans feared that a Bolshevik-style revolution was going to happen-Palmer Raids: were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists from the U.S.; the raids and arrests occurred in November 1919 and January 1920 under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell PalmerThese 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.Prohibition -Jan. 16 1920 all of the bars, saloons and any other public place that served alcoholwere shut down- was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century-strongest in the South and rural North-support from Protestant ministers and their congregations, especially Methodists, Baptists, Disciples and Congregationalists-It concentrated on legislation and cared about how legislators voted not for their drinking -Founded as a state society in Oberlin, Ohio in 1893, its influence spread rapidly-In 1895 it became a national organization and quickly rose to become the most powerful prohibition lobby in America-It resulted as the 18th Amendment in 1920-Some differences that it made: it changed drinking habits, created new and better drinks, fostered political corruption and contempt the law-alcohol was brought back during the Great Depression because of how miserable people were-many favored prohibition, urban areas and immigrants were against while the countryside areas and people who were religious were in favor of itRadical Violence-Great Migration: during the war many workers were needed to make weapons; sent people to the South to recruit African Americans for labor; they also moved to the city as well; they lived in areas called black belt (ghettos) those areas became heavily populated with southernersPan-Africanism -founded by Marcus Garvey who was from Jamaica-told followers historical figures and biblical people were black-he also said to celebrate their roots; have pride-UNIA- 7 million members; founded grocery and clothing stores operated and used by African Americans; it demonstrated that they could come
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