48-Return to Normalcy

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Transcript 48-Return to Normalcy

Normalcy in Government
-1920 election of Warren G. Harding
and the simpler days before the
war
-Isolationist Policies
-Washington Conferences
proposed disarmament
-Kellogg-Briand Treaty, 1929
outlawed war
-New high tariff returned U.S. to
isolationist position
-Nativist policies
-discriminatory quota system
established
-National Origins Act, 1921
Labor Unrest
-working conditions
-wartime inflation
-technological unemployment
-strikes
Boston Police strike
U.S. Steel strike
Coal Miners Strike
John L. Lewis
-labor unions weaken
Open Shop system
Welfare capitalism
Labor Unrest
-working conditions
-wartime inflation
-technological unemployment
-strikes
Boston Police strike
U.S. Steel strike
Coal Miners Strike
John L. Lewis
-labor unions weaken
Open Shop system
Welfare capitalism
The Red Scare
-Russian Revolution, 1917
Vladimir Lenin
Communists
cry of worldwide revolution
-Red Scare
U.S. Communist Party, IWW
-Palmer Raids
Mitchell Palmer
J.Edgar Hoover
violations of civil liberties
-Sacco and Vanzetti
anarchist immigrants accused of
murder and executed
-Growth of the Klan
The Red Scare
-Russian Revolution, 1917
Vladimir Lenin
Communists
cry of worldwide revolution
-Red Scare
U.S. Communist Party, IWW
-Palmer Raids
Mitchell Palmer
J.Edgar Hoover
violations of civil liberties
-Sacco and Vanzetti
anarchist immigrants accused of
murder and executed
-Growth of the Klan
The Red Scare
-Russian Revolution, 1917
Vladimir Lenin
Communists
cry of worldwide revolution
-Red Scare
U.S. Communist Party, IWW
-Palmer Raids
Mitchell Palmer
J.Edgar Hoover
violations of civil liberties
-Sacco and Vanzetti
anarchist immigrants accused of
murder and executed
-Growth of the Klan
The Red Scare
-Russian Revolution, 1917
Vladimir Lenin
Communists
cry of worldwide revolution
-Red Scare
U.S. Communist Party, IWW
-Palmer Raids
Mitchell Palmer
J.Edgar Hoover
violations of civil liberties
-Sacco and Vanzetti
anarchist immigrants accused of
murder and executed
-Growth of the Klan
The Red Scare
-Russian Revolution, 1917
Vladimir Lenin
Communists
cry of worldwide revolution
-Red Scare
U.S. Communist Party, IWW
-Palmer Raids
Mitchell Palmer
J.Edgar Hoover
violations of civil liberties
-Sacco and Vanzetti
anarchist immigrants accused of
murder and executed
-Growth of the Klan
The Red Scare
-Russian Revolution, 1917
Vladimir Lenin
Communists
cry of worldwide revolution
-Red Scare
U.S. Communist Party, IWW
-Palmer Raids
Mitchell Palmer
J.Edgar Hoover
violations of civil liberties
-Sacco and Vanzetti
anarchist immigrants accused of
murder and executed
-Growth of the Klan
The Red Scare
-Russian Revolution, 1917
Vladimir Lenin
Communists
cry of worldwide revolution
-Red Scare
U.S. Communist Party, IWW
-Palmer Raids
Mitchell Palmer
J.Edgar Hoover
violations of civil liberties
-Sacco and Vanzetti
anarchist immigrants accused of
murder and executed
-Growth of the Klan
Harding and Coolidge
-Prosperity returns to the United States
-Harding made some good and bad
appointment choices
Herbert Hoover
Ohio Gang
-Teapot Dome Scandal
gov’t owned oil rich lands leased out to
private oil companies for far less than
their value
-Harding and administration are
embarrassed
-Harding dies in Office and Calvin
Coolidge replaces him and wins reelection
“Keep Cool with Coolidge” –
“Do Nothing Cal”
Harding and Coolidge
-Prosperity returns to the United States
-Harding made some good and bad
appointment choices
Herbert Hoover
Ohio Gang
-Teapot Dome Scandal
gov’t owned oil rich lands leased out to
private oil companies for far less than
their value
-Harding and administration are
embarrassed
-Harding dies in Office and Calvin
Coolidge replaces him and wins reelection
“Keep Cool with Coolidge” –
“Do Nothing Cal”
Harding and Coolidge
-Prosperity returns to the United States
-Harding made some good and bad
appointment choices
Herbert Hoover
Ohio Gang
-Teapot Dome Scandal
gov’t owned oil rich lands leased out to
private oil companies for far less than
their value
-Harding and administration are
embarrassed
-Harding dies in Office and Calvin
Coolidge replaces him and wins reelection
“Keep Cool with Coolidge” –
“Do Nothing Cal”