Transcript THE RED SCARE OF 1919-20

Bell ringer
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What were some of the provisions in the
Treaty of Versailles that ended WW1?
From War to Peace
Chapter 19
Postwar havoc
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Flue epidemic of 1918-1919
Increased unemployment
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Soldiers without jobs
Less demand for farmers & factory jobs
100 Percent American
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Patriotism of all things
American
Hatred for all things
foreign
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Especially Germans
nativism
Bolshevik Revolution
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Russia 1917, renamed Soviet
Union
Red Army of the Bolsheviks
led by Vladimir Lenin
Communism
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No economic classes & no private
property
America’s reaction
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Soviets called for the
overthrow of capitalism
1919 plot to bomb US
gov’t officials but failed
Red Scare- widespread
fear of communism
Palmer Raids
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Attorney General- A.
Mitchell Palmer
Palmer Raids
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targeted suspected
Communists
Arrested thousands &
deported hundreds
Classwork
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List things Americans are afraid of today.
Draw a political cartoon that illustrates one
of those fears.
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Must use pictures
Use no more than 4 words