Quiz 2/3 Flashcards
Impact of WW1
Increased power of federal gov
Partner ship forged between business and gov
Great migration of southern blacks
Temporary gains for women economically and socially
Short lived economic recession in 1921
Fear of labor
Management wanted to return to laissez faire
Workers pressed for higher wages, etc.
Many soldiers game home looking for jobs, labor strikes return
Strikes of labor unrest
In 1919 4 million workers go on strike
Famous strikers: Boston police strike, No. Indian steel workers, united mine workers coal mine strike
Russian Communism
An economic and social system that advocated for single party and state ownership of property
Attorney general
A. M. P
Rounded up “reds”
Red scare
Fear of potential rise of communism in the US
suspects were deported to foreign countries with no real evidence
series of bombs being sent to gov and business leaders increased fear and spread of communism attorney General Michael Palmer residence was bombed
palmer raids
Palmer appointed J Edgar Hoover a special assistant
hunted down suspected communist socialists and anarchists
Edgar Hoover
Palmers assistant in palmer raids
Starts FBI
Nativism 
Favoring interests of nativeborn over immigrants
1919–1921 600% increase in immigrants
Woman get what in 1920
Right to vote
Emergency quota act
1921
Too many immigrants so they set limits of ppl who can come from each country
Symbol of communism
Sickle and hammer
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Farming and Industry
The color red
Capitalism
Economic and social system control by private owners for profit rather than by the government
Socialism
Economic and political system to be owned and regulated by community as a whole
Communism
Economic and political system ownership being subscribe to the community as a whole or to the State
Why was the election of 1920 called kangaroo election
Because kangaroos fight with their legs and in this election the vice presidents were more popular than the presidents
Democrat
President – James Cox
vice president – FDR
Republican
President - W Harding
Vice President - Calvin Coolidge
Americas foreign policy
Isolationism
Qualifed cabinet members
Charles Evan Hughes
Andrew melon
Herbert Hoover
Charles Evan Hughes
Secretary of state
Supreme ct Justice 
Andrew Mellon
Head of treasury
He was rich so he knew how to deal with money
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of commerce
Food administration
Unqualified cabinet members
Nicknamed Ohio gang
Albert Fall
Charles Forbes
Henry Daughtery
Albert Fall
Secretary of Interior
Teapot dome scandal
Accepted illegal payment of 400,00 to turn over government land for oil companies
Goes to jail
Charles Forbs
Secretary of Veterans
Bribery
Authorized millions for overpriced materials, sites, and construction
Henry Daughtery
Attorney General
Was illegally selling Alcohol permits to pharmacy’s
Conspired to de fraud the gov 
Washington conference
France, Italy, Japan, UK, USA

5 powers treaty
Limit size of navy
1st time in history countries promised to disarm
Kellog Brian’s Pact
1928
USA+14 diff countries
Outlawed war
Lacked enforcement
Harding did/improved
Tax cuts
Set budget
Sacco and Vanzetti (6 things)
-Italian born immigrants
-accused of burglary+murder
-red scare raised suspicion of murder
-jury found them guilty and sentenced them to electric chair
-dodged the war draft
-anarchists
Vanzetti’s speech
Says he is guilt of sins but not murder
Says he’s Italian + Anarchist + more
When were Sacco and Vanzetti killed
August 23rd, 1927
