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
