1 Great Migration leads to violence in North and South a African Americans in North can vote participate in reforms and b White people are threatened c Riots and lynching numbers rise make more money i Afraid blacks will take jobs and can t be controlled i Mostly in South but also in North ii African Americans try to pass lynching laws but are 2 Rosewood Florida Lynching a African Americans arm themselves for protection from whites b Whites burn houses etc c Blacks turn to government for help d Authorities refuse to interfere e White people burn down Rosewood blacks leave town no longer unsuccessful exists 3 Labor after the war a Democrats oversee WWI b Labor unions grow in size and power c National War Labor Board only during WWI i Labor reforms ii Established 8 hour workday iii Time and a half for working 8 hours iv Equal pay for women v No strikes during war d AFL memberships rise e Labor strikes i Workers after war struggle to keep high pay and union benefits from NWLB 1 Workers and management in disagreement 2 350 000 steel workers strike 3 steel managers hire Mexicans and Blacks to replace workers who go on strike f Prosperous Americans side with management and blame the working class for the high cost of living 4 Calvin Coolidge 5 Welfare capitalism a Republican governor b Non union c Police force strikes for better hours and conditions d Coolidge fires police before they can go on strike e Wins him Republican support and VP nomination in 1920 election a Stresses managements responsibility for employees well being b Workers shouldn t want to go to unions if they are receiving the c Large corporations cover health insurance and pensions d Plans only cover 5 of all industrial workers right attention from management 6 The First Red Scare prosperous Americans a Fear of socialism communism rising especially among b Bolsheviks promoting communism c German hatred moves towards Russian red fear d Very few actual communists in US e Wobblies weakened and blamed for radicalism in America i Some Wobblies are communists so the Wobbly name is tainted 7 Nativism by immigrants Americans a Native born Americans NOT Native Americans feel threatened b Political position that gives favored status to native born c Meant to exclude and oppose immigrants d Hostility towards immigrants grows especially towards Reds e Protestant natives fear Catholics and Jews in addition to Reds i Referred to as the indigestible lumps in America s stomach ii America must be kept American 8 Immigrant exclusion a 1907 TR eliminates Japanese immigrants b 1920 s Americans now want to exclude Europeans c 1921 Emergency Act d 1923 National Origins Act i immigration from each country must not exceed a certain amount ii excludes certain countries such as South and East Europe e 1929 Set cap of 150 000 immigrants for all of Europe f Unrestricted immigration from Western Hemisphere South and Immigrants from W Hemisphere come to America and fill job gaps left by Asians and Europeans Central America i ii Nativist labor unions being lobbying for their exclusion iii Employers advocate immigration because of cheap labor 9 KKK revival in 1920 s slows down in Great Depression a Native White Protestant Supremacy b Birth of a Nation 1915 i Propaganda film that promoted KKK and led to increased membership 10 Nicola Sacco and Bartolommeo Vanzetti c Against blacks Catholics Jews d Physical intimidation arson economic boycotts e Klansmen win political elections f Membership included men and women g Begin to decline with the passing of immigration laws a Arrested for murder b Italian anarchist oppose government immigrants c People tried to appeal their case failed d Sentenced to death e Unknown if innocent or guilty f Trial biased due to their radicalism 11 a Democrats nominate Ohio governor b Republicans nominate Warner G Harding 1920 election i Called for League of Nations and Progression i Wants to bring normalcy back to America ii Brings Republican dominance to America iii Herbert Hoover is Secretary of Commerce 1 Wants voluntary cooperation from businesses 12 Dollar Diplomacy coined by TR a Used especially by Taft on Latin America and East Asia b Guaranteed loans to foreign countries in order to gain economic power Lost Generation 13 world a Writers in 1920 s that came of age during WWI b shared the belief that they were lost to a greedy materialistic c world lacked moral values d often chose to flee to Europe e Earnest Hemmingway Gertrude Stein etc a Attorney General 1920 s b Earned title of fighting Quaker c Known for seeing red d Rounded up suspected communists Reds in a move to get rid of 14 A Mitchell Palmer radicals i About 6 000 15 Harlem Renaissance culture instead of promoting assimilation a African American cultural movement that celebrated black b Centered around Harlem NYC c Also known as Negro Movement d Music Jazz and Blues e Writers Langston Hughes Countee Cullen Jean Toomer a Boisterous era of prosperity b Fast cars jazz speakeasies promiscuity wild youth 16 Roaring 20 s
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