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Title
Post World War 1 Tensions (ch. 26)
Chapter
1
Focus for the Day
What did Post World War 1 Tensions have
on our ideals of Freedom and Equality for
all?
Terms: Freedom, Equality, Justice, Palmer
Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti, Nativists,
Anarchists, Ku Klux Klan, Traditional
Values
Economic Tensions
Cause
• The economy had been
centered around war
production.
• The government had no
plans for after the war
• Overnight, the federal
government cancelled its
war production
businesses.
• The army released nearly
thousands veterans,
flooding the labor market.
Effect
Hundreds of factories close.
Millions of Americans have no
work.
The economy fell into recession.
Crime increased..
1. What seems to be going on here?
2. Why do you think there was so much
tension between workers and bosses after
WW1?
3. How do you think this would have
affected the Sacco Vanzetti Trial.
Labor Tensions
Cause
• Corporations
reduced wages.
• Corporations paid
less attention to
employee safety.
• The workday
increased to 12
hours.
Effect
• Strikes erupted
across the
country.
• Supreme Court
decisions diminished
the power of unions.
• Workers lost
economic ground.
1. What’s happening here?
2. How do you think most Americans would have responded to this?
3. How would this have affected the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial.
Political Tensions
Cause
In April 1919, authorities
discovered 36 bombs and
blamed them on radical
groups.
• Americans feared radical
groups such as socialists,
communists, and anarchists.
• In June 1919, eight bombs
went off simultaneously in
eight cities, one of them
targeting Attorney General
Mitchell Palmer.
Effect
• Attorney General Palmer launched the Red
Scare, a campaign against subversives.
• During the Palmer Raids, homes and
businesses were raided and thousands of
radicals were arrested.
• Some 30 states passed sedition laws.
• Subversive books were removed from
libraries.
• Mobs attacked suspected radicals.
• The civil liberties of citizens were violated.
What is happening to immigration during this time?
What do you think the attitude towards immigrants was at this time?
How would have that affected the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
Social Tensions
Cause
Effect
• The Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 instituted
a quota system.
• Immigration to the United
States increased during the
early postwar period.
• Many new immigrants were
from southern and eastern
Europe.
• Nativists called for
restrictions in immigration.
• The Immigration Act of 1924 further limited
immigration from southern and eastern Europe and
banned immigration from Asia.
• The Ku Klux Klan was revived and used violence to
intimidate targeted groups.
• The Klan openly marched in major cities to show
their strength and endorse political candidates.
• The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was
created to protect the freedom of speech for all
people.
• The ACLU took on challenging cases, such as the
Sacco and Vanzetti case.
Racial Tensions
Racial Tensions
Cause
• Asian immigrants faced severe legal
discrimination.
• Some states prohibited Asian immigrants
from owning land and marrying whites.
• African Americans faced continuing racism.
Effect
Tensions between whites and blacks
erupted into nationwide race riots in
the summer of 1919.
• Marcus Garvey created the Back-toAfrica movement, urging African
Americans to leave the racist society
of the United States.
• African American veterans had trouble finding
• The Anti-Defamation League was
employment.
• Lynching made a comeback in the South.
• Anti-Semitism continued during the postwar
period.
Catholics were targets of religious prejudice
created to fight for an end to antiSemitism.
To Refresh
What is a Nativist?
What is the American Civil Liberties Union?
Who did the Palmer Raids target?