Do Now

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Do Now

• Read from your text
• Page 752 (paragraph under Return to Peace)
• Page 753 (last paragraph, left side and first
  paragraph, right side)

Does any of this sound familiar?
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Republicans
Democrats
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The Politics of the 1920s
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A Time of Labor Unrest

• Strikes were outlawed during WWI, however, in
  1919 there were more than 3,000 strikes involving
  4 million workers.

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American Postwar Issues

• The American public was exhausted from World War
  I. Public debate over the League of Nations had
  divided America. An economic downturn meant many
  faced unemployment. A wave of nativism swept the
  nation.

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Isolationism

• Many Americans adopted a belief in isolationism.
  This meant pulling away from involvement in world
  affairs.

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Communism in theSoviet Union
Lenin

• In 1917, a revolution in Russia transformed the
  nation into a Communist state, the Soviet Union.
  Vladimir Lenin led the Bolsheviks and overthrew
  the Czarist regime. He was inspired by Marxism,
  a radical form of socialism that advocates
  violence. A Communist party was formed in America
  too.

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• Communism (Marxism) hard core Socialism where
  the economy is controlled by the government.
  There is little or no private property. The
  rulers are generally dictators and hold all the
  power.
• Socialism Government controls means of
  production and resource distribution to ensure
  all peoples needs are met.
• Libertarianism Government should be as limited
  as possible (extreme form of liberalism).

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Rock, Papers, Scissors

• How did you feel at the start of the game?
• How did you feel when you ran out of cards and
  had to sit down?
• What tactics could you have used to get back into
  the game?
• Was the game fair?
• What could I have done to make it fair and should
  I do it?

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• Capitalism
• Private ownership of industry
• Freedom of competition
• Results in unequal economic classes
• Class struggles
• Socialism
• Government ownership of industry
• Goal is to bring economic equality
• Aims for a classless society
• Communism
• Goal of classless society achieved and no
  government needed

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How does this NOT fit the model?
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Sacco Vanzetti

• Fear of Communism took the form of a Red Scare
  (anti-communist hysteria) and fed nativism in
  America. Italian anarchists Sacco Vanzetti, a
  shoemaker and a fish peddler, were convicted of
  robbery and murder, despite flimsy evidence.
  Their execution was symbolic of discrimination
  against radical beliefs during the Red Scare.

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Immigration
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The Harding PresidencyNORMALCY

• Warren G. Hardings modest successes include the
  Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounced war as a
  means of national policy (signed by fifteen
  nations, but difficult to enforce).

Harding 1920-1924
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Scandal Hits Harding

• The presidents main problem was that he didnt
  understand the issues and put friends in high
  positions.
• I have no trouble with my enemies, but my
  friends keep me walking the floors at night.

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Teapot Dome Scandal

• The worst case of corruption was the Teapot Dome
  Scandal. The government set aside oil-rich public
  land in Teapot, Wyoming. Secretary of Interior
  Albert Fall secretly leased the land to two oil
  companies. Fall received 400,000 from the oil
  companies and a felony conviction from the
  courts.

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The Juggernaut
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The Business of America
Harding dies of a heart attack believed to be
caused by stress.

• The new president, Calvin Coolidge, fit the
  pro-business spirit of the 1920s very well. His
  famous quote The chief business of the
  American people is business . . .the man who
  builds a factory builds a temple the man who
  works there worships there

President Calvin Coolidge 1924-1928
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American Business Flourishes

• Both Coolidge and his Republican successor
  Herbert Hoover, favored governmental policies
  that kept taxes down and business profits up.
  Tariffs were high, which helped American
  manufacturers. Government interference in
  business was minimal. Wages were increasing.

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In 20 words or less

• How would you describe the economy and politics
  of the 1920s?

• Did you notice any similarities to the present?

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Show me what you remember

• Isolationism
• Bolsheviks
• Sacco Vanzetti
• Harding
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Dawes Plan
• Teapot Dome Scandal
• Coolidge
• Hoover