1. The Red Scare‚ the fear of communism‚ spread quickly when the revolution in Russia happened. Vladimir L. Lenin took over conquering with the Red Army and created the Soviet Union. When communism took over the U.S.S.R‚ some Americans were frightened while others began to form Communist Parties within the U.S. As the Communist parties grew violent‚ in 1919‚ a plan was created in which bombs were mailed to government officials. One of the attacked‚ A. Mitchell Palmer‚ became a main advocate against
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Chapter 20: Politics of the Roaring Twenties Section 1: Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues -A desire for normality after the war and a fear of communism and “foreigners” led to postwar isolationism. Postwar Trends -The economy was down. *Nativism- prejudiced against foreign-born people. *Isolationism- a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs. Fear of Communism *Communism- an economic and political system based on a single party government ruled by a dictatorship
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nominee for the progressive party in 1924. xi. Albert B. Fall- first cabinet member in history to go to prison. xii. Calvin Coolidge- “4/5ths of all of our troubles in this life would disappear if we could only sit down and keep still.” xiii. Coolidge believed that government should not interfere with business. xiv. Calvin Coolidge became president when Warren G. Harding died in office. xv. Ford’s system for making cars increased efficiency by dividing the job into simpler tasks. xvi. The Ohio
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Fighting the War at Home Teaching German was outlawed in several states The invention of liberty cabbage “Liberty Streak” Remember Belgium by George Creel’s CPI It gets worse Espionage Act- Spys were put away for the was The Sedition Act- Can’t say anything bad about the war Schenck vs. United States- Can’t help people get out of being drafted Great Migration- blacks moving north (race riots) Slackers- Label people they don’t like and get rid of them The Palmer Raids Attorney General
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History Timeline 1920 to 1929." America’s Best History - U.S. History Timeline 1920 to 1929. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2015. "Calvin Coolidge." The White House. The White House‚ n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2015. "Disney History | The Walt Disney Company." Disney History | The Walt Disney Company. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2015. "Hoover Timeline." - The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2015. "Inventions in the 1920s." Timetoast. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2015. Kokemuller
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the reasons that caused the stock market to crash was the lack of Government involvement in planning. The Republican Administration of Warren G. Harding‚ Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover embraced a laissez fraire philosophy‚ meaning they would let things just take their course and not worrying about it. Warren G. Harding‚ Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover did not attempt to fix or even attempt to fix any aspects that maybe could end up effecting the market. Other than the lack of government involvement
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sports‚ movies and radio‚ and transportations. Also‚ America was pro business‚ republican presidents Harding‚ Coolidge‚ and Hoover helped America return to normalcy and they kept taxes low so Americans could spend their money on more goods. Politics in the roaring twenties were rather non existent. The government was run by three republican presidents during this time (Harding‚ Coolidge‚ and Hoover). Republicans were pro business and they wanted the taxes to be cut significantly so that the consumers
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Republican era of leadership‚ allowing economic growth and prosperity. We elected three Republicans into the White House: Herbert Hoover‚ Warren Harding‚ and Calvin Coolidge. Herbert Hoover initiated a government recovery program after the economy crashed‚ and Warren Harding balanced out the economy and worked for the return to normalcy after the war. Calvin Coolidge believed business of America was what we should focus on‚ appointed African-Americans to office‚ and advocated for anti-lynching laws
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nation was finally able to flourish during the Jazz Age. Under the leadership of Calvin Coolidge and Wilson Harding‚ people gained more rights through acts such as the nineteenth amendment for women’s suffrage and the Adjusted Compensation Act to get better pay for veterans. But after the flourish of the 1920s‚ America had to deal with the Great Depression the decade after which received mixed responses from both Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt. But little did the Presidents know that the Great Depression
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M. Frederickson and R. Hal Williams‚ is Herbert Hoover‚ the thirty-first president of the United States and America’s president during the horrible "Great Depression". Divine et al.‚ state that Hoover was a "sober‚ intelligent‚ and immensely hardworking" man. McElvaine concurs and explains that "at the age of 29‚ Hoover was a financier-promoter-geologist-engineer-metallurgist". Divine et al.‚ characterize Herbert Hoover by saying "Hoover epitomized the American myth of a self-made man"
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