37:575:202 Study Guide - Final Guide: First Red Scare, Palmer Raids, Industrial Workers Of The World
23 Dec 2018
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General strikes: all workers in an area go on strike, regardless of industry. Nativism: native-born americans are good; immigrants are bad. Based on proportion of immigrants per country already in us. Fear in us that working class would topple capitalism. Palmer raids: raids by us govt. against leftist groups and communists. Raided iww offices and arrested iww leaders (end of iww) Sacco-vanzetti trial: both accused of murder with not much evidence. Result: repressed strikes b/c others did not want to be killed: strike, wave, and normalcy (1918 1929) Women"s suffrage movement - 19th amendment: gave women the right to vote. Many strikes during this time; increase in race riots as well. The first red scare: (strikes disorders bolshevism chaos ?) Johnson reed act: limits the # of immigrants that can come per country per year. Presidents smaller emphasis on solving problems - harding, coolidge, hoover.
