Ch 31 WikiNotes
Chapter 31 (15th edition)
American Life in the Roaring ‘20s
1. Seeing Red
1. Following WWI, America's mood changed to isolationism and anti-foreigner.
"Radicals" were shunned and foreigners were expected to change their ways to
American.
2. A "
Red Scare
" (a fear of communism) emerged. This fear was fueled by (1) the recent Russian revolution, (2) Eugene Debs growing numbers, (3) loads of strikes, and (4) a series of mail bombs.
1. The logic went that communism was from Europe—all the more reason to shun foreigners and their ways.
2. Right or wrong, people blamed the bombs on the reds.
Atty. Gen.
Mitchell Palmer vowed to round up the reds. He arrested about 6,000 people; some were deported. He slowed down a bit after a bomb blew up his house.
3. Again, free speech, such as explaining one's political views, was under fire.
1. States passed laws outlawing advocacy of violence for social change.
2. Some elected officials were denied seats on the legislature because they were Socialists.
4. The faces of the Red Scare were Sacco and Vanzetti.
1. Nicola Sacco and
Bartolomeo Vanzetti were
Italian immigrants accused of murder
.
2. The importance is that although there was some evidence against them, many concluded their case was based less on evidence and more on other strikes against them. The other strikes: they were Italian, atheists, anarchists, draft dodgers
. They were tried, convicted, and executed.
2. Hooded Hoodlums of the KKK
1. The Ku Klux Klan was somewhat re-vamped at this time. The KKK had been started as an anti-black group. In the 20's, it added to its list of "we don't likes": Catholics, Jewish, pacifists, communists, internationalists, revolutionists, bootleggers, gambling, adultery, and birth control.
2. More simply, the KKK was pro-white Anglo-Saxon protestant ("WASP") and anti-everything else
.
3. By expanding its scope of hatred and by riding the mood of the time, the KKK reached its numerical peak during the 20's—about 5
American Life in the Roaring ‘20s
1. Seeing Red
1. Following WWI, America's mood changed to isolationism and anti-foreigner.
"Radicals" were shunned and foreigners were expected to change their ways to
American.
2. A "
Red Scare
" (a fear of communism) emerged. This fear was fueled by (1) the recent Russian revolution, (2) Eugene Debs growing numbers, (3) loads of strikes, and (4) a series of mail bombs.
1. The logic went that communism was from Europe—all the more reason to shun foreigners and their ways.
2. Right or wrong, people blamed the bombs on the reds.
Atty. Gen.
Mitchell Palmer vowed to round up the reds. He arrested about 6,000 people; some were deported. He slowed down a bit after a bomb blew up his house.
3. Again, free speech, such as explaining one's political views, was under fire.
1. States passed laws outlawing advocacy of violence for social change.
2. Some elected officials were denied seats on the legislature because they were Socialists.
4. The faces of the Red Scare were Sacco and Vanzetti.
1. Nicola Sacco and
Bartolomeo Vanzetti were
Italian immigrants accused of murder
.
2. The importance is that although there was some evidence against them, many concluded their case was based less on evidence and more on other strikes against them. The other strikes: they were Italian, atheists, anarchists, draft dodgers
. They were tried, convicted, and executed.
2. Hooded Hoodlums of the KKK
1. The Ku Klux Klan was somewhat re-vamped at this time. The KKK had been started as an anti-black group. In the 20's, it added to its list of "we don't likes": Catholics, Jewish, pacifists, communists, internationalists, revolutionists, bootleggers, gambling, adultery, and birth control.
2. More simply, the KKK was pro-white Anglo-Saxon protestant ("WASP") and anti-everything else
.
3. By expanding its scope of hatred and by riding the mood of the time, the KKK reached its numerical peak during the 20's—about 5