Ch 20 Flashcards
This is a prejudice against foreign born people
Nativism
This is a policy of pulling away from world affairs
Isolationism
What is communism?
An economic/political system based on a single party government led by a dictatorship
Who made the “Reds?”
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks (majority)
What were the reds and what was their goal?
The Russian communist group who wanted to abolish capitalism everywhere
What happened as a result of the Reds in the US?
The Red Scare (1919-1921)
Who was involved in the Palmer Raids?
Attorney General Mitchell Palmer and J Edgar Hoover
What did the Palmer raids aim to do?
Hunt down socialists, communists, and anarchists
THis is a person opposed to any form of government
Anarchist
These people were famous victims of the Red Scare who were Italians charged with murder and robbery
Sacco and Vanzetti
What happened to Sacco and Vanzetti?
They were electrocuted to death
What dropped off after the war?
Unskilled labor
Who ended up involved in post-war labor disputes?
Anarchists and socialists
What happened with the KKK during the Red Scare?
They rose up with anti-immigration feelings
This set up limits on how manu immigrants from various countries would be admitted each year
Quota System/Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Who was forbidden immigration under the Quota System?
Japanese
Who was excluded from the Quota System?
Immigrants of the Western hemisphere
THis man was the leader of the United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis