of zeal in rounding up suspects of Red Scare; ultimately totaled about six thousand; This drive to root out radicals was redoubled in June 1919‚ when a bomb shattered his home 2) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti- case regarded by liberals as "judicial lynching". Sacco‚ a shoe-factory worker‚ and Vanzetti‚ a fish peddler‚ were convicted in 1921 of the murder of a Massachusetts paymaster and his guard; 3) Horace Kallen- believed in pluralism (preservation of identity) ; U.S. should provide
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1912 New Nationalism New Freedom Woodrow Wilson Preparedness Selective Service Act Espionage and Sedition Acts Food Administration 100% Americanism American Expeditionary Force The Fourteen Points Treaty of Versailles Knox-Porter Resolution Sacco and Vanzetti The Red Scare The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 Great Migration Palmer Raids The Polar Bear Expedition Election of 1924 Racial Nationalism Essays: 1. How was the American West related to the development of U.S. foreign policy during the late 1800s
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Post-World War 1 Tensions After World War 1‚ there were many problems and unresolved issues that caused a lot of tension. The economy was at risk because many nations owed each other a lot of money. England owed the U.S. money that they borrowed for the war‚ so they decided to use the reparation money Germany owed them to pay America back. However‚ Germany didn’t have any money due to the excessive reparations‚ so they borrowed money from the U.S. This circular system eventually collapsed and the
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Henry Ford and Fordism- (Page 486) Fordism is the system of standardized mass production attributed to Henry Ford‚ principles based on assembly-line techniques‚ scientific management‚ mass consumption based on higher wages‚ and sophisticated advertising techniques McNary-Haugen Bill- (Page 489) it sought to keep agricultural prices high by having the government buy surpluses to sell abroad‚ vetoed twice by Coolidge. In his 1927 veto he warned against the tyranny of bureaucratic regulation and control
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Although America had great economic success in the 1920s due to WWI‚ there was a large amount of social tension due to many different ideologies. America was experiencing nativism due to many Americans believing that America no longer needed a large influx of immigrants. Fundamentalism was causing issues in schools and was creating the idea of Social Darwinism. After WWI‚ America wanted to be isolated from the rest of the world to keep America prospering. This created the idea that only Americans
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US AP TERMS: 1920’s Fordney- McCumber Tariff- Created in 1922 raised American tariffs in order to protect factories and farms. Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the tariff and in promoting foreign trade through providing huge loans to Europe‚ which in turn bought more American goods. This was a result of WWI‚ because the government wanted to ensure economic self-sufficiency so that no future enemy could manipulate the American economy. Also‚ many industries wanted to
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Chapters 23- 26 Study Guide Chapter 23- Progressivism * Progressive Legislation- the progressives were committed to changing and reforming every aspect of the state‚ society and economy. Significant changes enacted at the national levels included the imposition of an income tax with the Sixteenth Amendment‚ direct election of Senators with the Seventeenth Amendment‚ Prohibition with the Eighteenth Amendment‚ and women’s suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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During the late 19th century and early 20th century‚ immigration to the United States was wrought with challenges. The newly arriving aliens were met with racist native-borns who feared that they would threaten their way of life. This tension between these new groups facilitated the U.S. government’s anti-immigration laws‚ which also caused political outbursts from those who supported immigrants. Despite gaining the Chinese exclusion act during the 19th century‚ nativists were not satisfied. The
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“America” by Allen Ginsberg was written in a very trying time‚ right after World War II and at the beginning of the Cold War. This was a time of controversy and taking a stand for personal beliefs‚ and Ginsberg did just that. Although America has been known by many as “the best country” and the country most accepting of other ethnicities‚ Allen Ginsberg shows that Americans are not all accepting and as good as many people believe. America‚ just like every country has had its problems and flaws‚ leading
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Allen Ginsberg “America” Allen Ginsberg wrote a poem called “America”. This poem is very long and typical of Ginsberg. He breaks the poem up into two stanzas with 40 lines in the first and 60 lines in the second. This poem is meant to be funny but at the same time talk about important events in American history. There is no rhyme scheme and is written in free verse‚ which is normal for Ginsberg’s poems. To truly understand this poem you need to know more about Allen Ginsberg himself. Allen
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