4.01 Isolationism
The Big Ideas
How did demobilization affect labor in 1919?
Labor unrest came to a head in 1919 when workers began to protest in response to the difficulties caused bydemobilization. Workers went on strike
How did the government react to the Red Scare? started a special "anti-radical" division of the Bureau of Investigation.
Most were arrested without warrant and held without charge, in violation of the Constitution.
How does what happened to Sacco and Vanzetti show what life was like during the Red Scare?
They had no trial and were immediatley convicted without question.
Sentenced to death
What was “normalcy” and why were Americans in favor of it? as the prevailing political sentiment in the United States. And for many Americans "normalcy" meant turning away from distant shores. It meant a return to isolationism.
How and why did the U.S. return to isolationism after WWI? Some did not want the United States bound by treaties that would prohibit American expansion. Others saw an endless drain on the U.S. economy if the country tried to restore or assist war-torn Europe. There were also millions of Americans who were simply bewildered by too much change. Sometimes those who were bewildered lashed out at those who forced social change upon them.
People
Sacco and Vanzetti – (What was the outcome of their trial?) death
President Warren G. Harding – (Why was he elected?)
They supported Woodrow Wilson's plans for a League of Nations.
Events (Describe the event, its causes and effects)
Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 enacted further restrictions based on nationality. Annual immigration in the eight years before the war had averaged over 860,000. After 1924, it was limited to 150,000. Four-fifths of the places for new immigrants were reserved for people from northern and western Europe. Immigration from Italy and Russia slowed to a trickle. Immigration from Asia stopped almost completely.
Revival of the KKK and attacks on