Title: Causes of the Great Depression Outline Labels: Great_Depression, essay_skills
Prompt: To what extent was the Wall Street Crash a cause of the Great Depression of 1929? Support your argument with specific examples.
The Wall Street Crash was one of several causes of the Great Depression, as well as the result of causes
Example of the outline structure:
Thesis: The Wall Street Crash was a cause of the Great Depression of 1929, however other factors, tariffs and war debt policies, agriculture failing , the availability of credit, unequal distribution of incomes, and overproduction also helped to bring about the Great Depression.
I. Main Point 1: Tariffs and war debt policies
a. Evidence 1 that supports Main Point 1: Hawley-Smoot tariff
i. further supporting details: causes Americans products stop selling in Europe after europe retaliates against the tariff on their goods, weakens economy
b. Evidence 2 that supports Main Point 1: Germany cannot pay Britain and france
II. Main Point 2: Agriculture crisis
a: farmers overproduce when deemed falls after the war
Farms go out of business, annual income from 10 billion to 4 billion from '19-21
b. banks lose money
III: Availibility of credit
a: in the 20's everyone used credit to buy things
i; they got into debt and could not pay it off
b: with people in debt, less consumer spending
IV: unequal distribution of income
a: small population of rich people control huge portion of the economy
i: poor get poorer, rich get richer
b: lower wages: less spending
V: Industries overproduce
A industries overproduce and demand goes down, their value goes down
i: to cut spending, layoff
b: unemployment, leads to less spending by consumers
VI: stock market crash
a: stock market crashes, people rush to sell stocks
i: people had been buying stocks with money they did not have (speculation)
b: when people do not have money to pay debt, banks lose other people's money and close
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Causes & Early Effects of the Great Depression
Read Chapter 22-1 and answer the first 3 questions. Then Read Chapter 22-3 (yes, skipping 22-2) and answer the remaining questions. Post the questions and answers to your blog before class on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Title: Causes & Early Effects of the Great Depression Labels: Great_Depression, Hoover
1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
The stock market crashed on "BlackTuesday".
2. How did the economic trends of the 1920s in industry, agriculture, and with consumers help cause the Great Depression? (Make sure you include significant details about each area in your answer. It should be at least a paragraph)
Economic trends of the 1920's lay the foundation for the great depression to happen. Key industries like railroads and textiles made meager profits. Industries that had grown during the war like mining and lumbering had a much smaller demand. Coal mining was crippled with the introduction of new energy sources. Industries that boomed in the 20's the the automotive industry , construction and consumer goods dwindled. Agriculture suffered even more than industry. During the war the demand for crops was high but after the war the demand fell dramatically and the farmers overproduced. Many farmers who were in debt could not pay off their loans and had their homes and property seized. As a result of the unsuccessful farmers many rural banks failed. After the 20's, consumers did not have as much money to spend. Because prices had increased and many Americans had credit to pay off from the 20's they were buying less. Also production expanding much faster than wages led to a growing gap between the rich and the poor.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
according to the reading, major causes of the depression are declines in essential industries, declines in agriculture, declines in consumerism, credit and uneven distribution of incomes that related in the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
Hoover's philosophy of government was that it was the government's job to foster cooperation between competing groups and interests in society. However the government could not force them to cooperate.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
Hoover's initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929 was to call together key business leaders and urged them to work together.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
In 1930 the economy was in bad shape. Many people were out of jobs and homeless.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
They elected democrats into congress.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
Although he did call for the construction of the boulder dam, meant to boost california's agricultural economy, Hoover refused to let the government step in and support welfare programs.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
His efforts made little difference in the economy leading people to become frustrated.
1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
The stock market crashed on "BlackTuesday".
2. How did the economic trends of the 1920s in industry, agriculture, and with consumers help cause the Great Depression? (Make sure you include significant details about each area in your answer. It should be at least a paragraph)
Economic trends of the 1920's lay the foundation for the great depression to happen. Key industries like railroads and textiles made meager profits. Industries that had grown during the war like mining and lumbering had a much smaller demand. Coal mining was crippled with the introduction of new energy sources. Industries that boomed in the 20's the the automotive industry , construction and consumer goods dwindled. Agriculture suffered even more than industry. During the war the demand for crops was high but after the war the demand fell dramatically and the farmers overproduced. Many farmers who were in debt could not pay off their loans and had their homes and property seized. As a result of the unsuccessful farmers many rural banks failed. After the 20's, consumers did not have as much money to spend. Because prices had increased and many Americans had credit to pay off from the 20's they were buying less. Also production expanding much faster than wages led to a growing gap between the rich and the poor.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
according to the reading, major causes of the depression are declines in essential industries, declines in agriculture, declines in consumerism, credit and uneven distribution of incomes that related in the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
Hoover's philosophy of government was that it was the government's job to foster cooperation between competing groups and interests in society. However the government could not force them to cooperate.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
Hoover's initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929 was to call together key business leaders and urged them to work together.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
In 1930 the economy was in bad shape. Many people were out of jobs and homeless.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
They elected democrats into congress.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
Although he did call for the construction of the boulder dam, meant to boost california's agricultural economy, Hoover refused to let the government step in and support welfare programs.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
His efforts made little difference in the economy leading people to become frustrated.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Midterm Study Guide
U.S. History II – Mr. Hyer
Mid-Term Exam Review
This comprehensive mid-term exam will touch upon all subjects we have studied since the beginning of September to this week. There will be a Paper 1 exam AND a Paper 2 essay. This is a two-hour test.
The following is a general overview of the topics we have covered. Make sure you understand the general concepts and key points of these topics. Make sure you study from all of your previous quizzes, tests, and handouts.
There will be a review days on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Your assignment during the rest of this week is to study the topics on this list, review your notes and handouts, skim through the textbook chapters, and write down any questions to ask me on these days. Also, I am planning to stay late after school on Thursday.
Paper 1: The topic will be from the Imperialism Era.
Imperialism notes:
Imperialsim is the policy in which stronger nations extend their political economic and military control over weaker territories. It was a world trend at the time.
Begining in 1867 and through the next century, global competition caused the US to expand.
Global Competition- European nations had been establishing colonies for centuries. In the late 19th century Africa emerged as a prime target for European expansionism.
-most Americans liked the idea of expansion overseas
-with manifest destiny they had alreadt pushed US borders to the Pacific.
-3 factors to American Imperialsim
1. the desire for military strength
2. the thirst for new markets
3. the belief in cultural superiority
*Alfred T. Mahan-as an adimiral in the Navy, he urged the government to build American naval power in compete with other powerful nations.
-the US navy would soon become the 3rd largest in the world
-Imperialists viewed foreign trade as a solution to American overproduction and the relatated problems of underemployment and economic depression
-they argued that the US had a responsibility to spread Christianity and "civilization" to the world's "inferior" people
US acquires Alaska
*William Seward-arranged for the US to buy Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million
-in 1959 Alaska became the 49th state. (ended up being rich in resources)
US take Hawaii
-Hawaii was important to the US because it was a stopping point on the way to China East India
-in 1887 the Us established a naval base at Pearl Harbor which was used as a fuleing station
-by 1990 foreigners and immigrant laborers outnumbered natives 3 to 1
-Hawaii was a major source of sugar for the US
-The Mckinley Tariff of 1890 provoked a crisis by elimination the duty free status of Hawaiian sugar
-as a result, Hawaiian sugar growers faced competition in the American market
-American planters in Hawaii called for the US to annex the isllands so they wouldn't have to pay the duty
*Queen Liliuokalani- surrendered her to the superior force of the US and the white foreigners who planned to overthrow her
-the US set up a government head by *Sandford B. Dole
-in August 1898 Congress proclaimed Hawaii as an american territory
-in 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state
The Spanish American War
in 1898, the Us went to war to help Cuba win its independence from Spain
Cubans rebel against Spain
-by the end of the 19th century, Spain had lost most of its colonies
-the US had a long held interest in Cuba, which lies only 90 miles south of Florida
-While president Pierce was in office he offered to buy Cuba from Spain. The Spanish responded saying that they would rather see Cuba sink in the Ocean
-When the Cubans rebelled against Spain, betwqeen 1868 and 1878, americas sympathies went out to the Cuban people
The Second War for Independence
-Anti-Spanish sentiment in Cuba soon erupted into a second war for independence
*Jose Marti-a Cuban poet and journalist in e xile in New York launched a revolution in 1895. He organized a Cuban resistance against Spain using an active guerilla compaign and deliberately destroying property, especially american owned sugar mills and plantations. This was all in an effort ot get America involved in freeing cuba.
War fever escalates
-in 1896, Spain responded to the Cuban revolt by sending general * Valeriano Weyler to Cuba to restore order
Yellow Journalism-exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers (Willian Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer)
Paper 2: You will choose to answer one question from a bank of five. (Each will be from a major topic)
Chapter 13: Changes on the Western Frontier
Section 1: Indian Massacres, Buffalo Destruction, Custer’s Last Stand, Dawes Act, Chisholm Trail, Cowboys
Section 2: Homestead Act, Challenges facing Homesteaders, Debts and Farmers
Section 3: Railroads overcharging farmers, Populist movement, William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold speech
Chapter 14: A New Industrial Age
Section 1: New Inventions spur industrialization / innovations, Electricity, Thomas Edison
Section 2: Transcontinental Railroad, Railroad time, Interstate Commerce Act, Railroad monopolies
Section 3: Social Darwinism, Vertical & Horizontal integration, Rockefeller, Robber Barons, Sherman Antitrust
Act, Labor Unions, Labor Strikes
Chapter 15: Immigrants and Urbanization
Section 1: European and Asian Immigration patterns, Ellis Island, Nativism, Chinese Exclusion Act
Chapter 17: The Progressive Era
Section 1: Goals of Progressivism, Prohibition, Muckrakers, Child Labor, Seventeenth Amendment
Section 2: Suffrage Movement, Rise of Women’s Social Status
Section 3: Teddy Roosevelt, Square Deal, Trustbusting, 1902 Coal Strike, Railroad Regulation, Meat Inspection
Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Conservation Act, NAACP
Section 4: William Taft, Taft’s departure from Progressive Movement, Bull Moose Party, 1912 Election
Section 5: Woodrow Wilson, New Freedom, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve
System, Nineteenth Amendment, WWI ends Progressive Movement
Chapter 18: America Claims an Empire
Section 1: Imperialism, Alaska, Hawaii
Section 2: The Spanish-American War
Section 3: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, China
Section 4: Teddy Roosevelt, Panama Canal, Mexico, Latin America
Chapter 19: The First World War
Section 1: Causes of WWI, Opening Battles/results, American neutrality, U-boats
Section 2: U.S. entry into WWI, weapons, war’s hazards, results
Section 3: War economy, propaganda, financing the war, civil liberties, espionage & sedition acts,
Section 4: Fourteen Points, Big Four, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, WWI’s legacy
Chapter 20: Politics of the Roaring Twenties
Section 1: A return to isolationism, Red scare, Palmer raids, fear of immigrants, KKK, quota system, labor
unrest
Chapter 21: The Roaring Life of the 1920s
Section 1: Rural v. Urban differences, prohibition, organized crime, Scopes trial,
Section 2: Flappers, double standards, changing roles of women,
Mid-Term Exam Review
This comprehensive mid-term exam will touch upon all subjects we have studied since the beginning of September to this week. There will be a Paper 1 exam AND a Paper 2 essay. This is a two-hour test.
The following is a general overview of the topics we have covered. Make sure you understand the general concepts and key points of these topics. Make sure you study from all of your previous quizzes, tests, and handouts.
There will be a review days on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Your assignment during the rest of this week is to study the topics on this list, review your notes and handouts, skim through the textbook chapters, and write down any questions to ask me on these days. Also, I am planning to stay late after school on Thursday.
Paper 1: The topic will be from the Imperialism Era.
Imperialism notes:
Imperialsim is the policy in which stronger nations extend their political economic and military control over weaker territories. It was a world trend at the time.
Begining in 1867 and through the next century, global competition caused the US to expand.
Global Competition- European nations had been establishing colonies for centuries. In the late 19th century Africa emerged as a prime target for European expansionism.
-most Americans liked the idea of expansion overseas
-with manifest destiny they had alreadt pushed US borders to the Pacific.
-3 factors to American Imperialsim
1. the desire for military strength
2. the thirst for new markets
3. the belief in cultural superiority
*Alfred T. Mahan-as an adimiral in the Navy, he urged the government to build American naval power in compete with other powerful nations.
-the US navy would soon become the 3rd largest in the world
-Imperialists viewed foreign trade as a solution to American overproduction and the relatated problems of underemployment and economic depression
-they argued that the US had a responsibility to spread Christianity and "civilization" to the world's "inferior" people
US acquires Alaska
*William Seward-arranged for the US to buy Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million
-in 1959 Alaska became the 49th state. (ended up being rich in resources)
US take Hawaii
-Hawaii was important to the US because it was a stopping point on the way to China East India
-in 1887 the Us established a naval base at Pearl Harbor which was used as a fuleing station
-by 1990 foreigners and immigrant laborers outnumbered natives 3 to 1
-Hawaii was a major source of sugar for the US
-The Mckinley Tariff of 1890 provoked a crisis by elimination the duty free status of Hawaiian sugar
-as a result, Hawaiian sugar growers faced competition in the American market
-American planters in Hawaii called for the US to annex the isllands so they wouldn't have to pay the duty
*Queen Liliuokalani- surrendered her to the superior force of the US and the white foreigners who planned to overthrow her
-the US set up a government head by *Sandford B. Dole
-in August 1898 Congress proclaimed Hawaii as an american territory
-in 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state
The Spanish American War
in 1898, the Us went to war to help Cuba win its independence from Spain
Cubans rebel against Spain
-by the end of the 19th century, Spain had lost most of its colonies
-the US had a long held interest in Cuba, which lies only 90 miles south of Florida
-While president Pierce was in office he offered to buy Cuba from Spain. The Spanish responded saying that they would rather see Cuba sink in the Ocean
-When the Cubans rebelled against Spain, betwqeen 1868 and 1878, americas sympathies went out to the Cuban people
The Second War for Independence
-Anti-Spanish sentiment in Cuba soon erupted into a second war for independence
*Jose Marti-a Cuban poet and journalist in e xile in New York launched a revolution in 1895. He organized a Cuban resistance against Spain using an active guerilla compaign and deliberately destroying property, especially american owned sugar mills and plantations. This was all in an effort ot get America involved in freeing cuba.
War fever escalates
-in 1896, Spain responded to the Cuban revolt by sending general * Valeriano Weyler to Cuba to restore order
Yellow Journalism-exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers (Willian Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer)
Paper 2: You will choose to answer one question from a bank of five. (Each will be from a major topic)
Chapter 13: Changes on the Western Frontier
Section 1: Indian Massacres, Buffalo Destruction, Custer’s Last Stand, Dawes Act, Chisholm Trail, Cowboys
Section 2: Homestead Act, Challenges facing Homesteaders, Debts and Farmers
Section 3: Railroads overcharging farmers, Populist movement, William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold speech
Chapter 14: A New Industrial Age
Section 1: New Inventions spur industrialization / innovations, Electricity, Thomas Edison
Section 2: Transcontinental Railroad, Railroad time, Interstate Commerce Act, Railroad monopolies
Section 3: Social Darwinism, Vertical & Horizontal integration, Rockefeller, Robber Barons, Sherman Antitrust
Act, Labor Unions, Labor Strikes
Chapter 15: Immigrants and Urbanization
Section 1: European and Asian Immigration patterns, Ellis Island, Nativism, Chinese Exclusion Act
Chapter 17: The Progressive Era
Section 1: Goals of Progressivism, Prohibition, Muckrakers, Child Labor, Seventeenth Amendment
Section 2: Suffrage Movement, Rise of Women’s Social Status
Section 3: Teddy Roosevelt, Square Deal, Trustbusting, 1902 Coal Strike, Railroad Regulation, Meat Inspection
Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Conservation Act, NAACP
Section 4: William Taft, Taft’s departure from Progressive Movement, Bull Moose Party, 1912 Election
Section 5: Woodrow Wilson, New Freedom, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve
System, Nineteenth Amendment, WWI ends Progressive Movement
Chapter 18: America Claims an Empire
Section 1: Imperialism, Alaska, Hawaii
Section 2: The Spanish-American War
Section 3: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, China
Section 4: Teddy Roosevelt, Panama Canal, Mexico, Latin America
Chapter 19: The First World War
Section 1: Causes of WWI, Opening Battles/results, American neutrality, U-boats
Section 2: U.S. entry into WWI, weapons, war’s hazards, results
Section 3: War economy, propaganda, financing the war, civil liberties, espionage & sedition acts,
Section 4: Fourteen Points, Big Four, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, WWI’s legacy
Chapter 20: Politics of the Roaring Twenties
Section 1: A return to isolationism, Red scare, Palmer raids, fear of immigrants, KKK, quota system, labor
unrest
Chapter 21: The Roaring Life of the 1920s
Section 1: Rural v. Urban differences, prohibition, organized crime, Scopes trial,
Section 2: Flappers, double standards, changing roles of women,
Friday, January 8, 2010
The Twenties Woman
1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
The new fashion ideal for women was the "flapper" look. Women cut their hari short like boys and began wearing dresses above their knees.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Women began behaving more asserively in public. Women began to smoke in public, talk openly about sex, go out dancing and saw marriages as equal partnerships.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
The attitude could be described as independant and progressive. Woman were gaining more self-reliant attitudes but also continues pushing for even more equality between men and women.
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
In 1930 10 million women had paying jobs. Although after the war, many female workers were replaced by men, women were getting inot the work force more and although they often took jobs as nurses, secretaties ect. some women had "men's" jobs and flew air planes, drove taxis and drilled in oil wells.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
Birth control became more widely availible, decreading the number of pregnancies. Technological advances simplified home and house work.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Working class women faced and enormous strain juggling work, families, ect.
Adolecents became more rebellious and put a strain on families.
Traditional and modern values were conflicting with each other more and more often.
The new fashion ideal for women was the "flapper" look. Women cut their hari short like boys and began wearing dresses above their knees.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Women began behaving more asserively in public. Women began to smoke in public, talk openly about sex, go out dancing and saw marriages as equal partnerships.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
The attitude could be described as independant and progressive. Woman were gaining more self-reliant attitudes but also continues pushing for even more equality between men and women.
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
In 1930 10 million women had paying jobs. Although after the war, many female workers were replaced by men, women were getting inot the work force more and although they often took jobs as nurses, secretaties ect. some women had "men's" jobs and flew air planes, drove taxis and drilled in oil wells.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
Birth control became more widely availible, decreading the number of pregnancies. Technological advances simplified home and house work.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Working class women faced and enormous strain juggling work, families, ect.
Adolecents became more rebellious and put a strain on families.
Traditional and modern values were conflicting with each other more and more often.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Prohibition and the Scopes Trial
Do you think the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values?
I don not think that the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented triumphs for traditional values. Instead, these two occurrences seemed to trigger and uprising of "modern" values.
The passage of the Volstead Act was a disaster. Not only was it ineffective, it was also extremely unpopular within few years. Instead of conserving traditional values, the passage of the act triggered the uprising bootlegging and criminal empires.By making alcohol illegal the act did not prevent anyone from drinking alcohol, it only made the process of obtaining it much worse. Gangsters like Al Capone became rich from the illegal alcohol business. Many times these operations were violence and, in Capone's case, killed off their other competition. Soon, people were fed-up with the act, which was repealed in 1933. It did nothing to further traditional values.
The ruling at Scopes trial did not present so much as a surge of tractional values, but rather it represented the changing ways of thinking. Although the judge (who was a devout Protestant) did not rule in Scope's favor, the issue of teaching evolution in schools even coming into a court did not show that traditional values were becoming more popular, it showed that traditional values were becoming less important. The judge Bryan, when questioned by trial lawyer Darrow,admitted that he believed the world was created in 1 day, shocked many people. Bryan even admitted the Bible could be interpreted differently. This ruling only stirred controversy over fundamentalism values and was not a triumph for traditional values.
I don not think that the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented triumphs for traditional values. Instead, these two occurrences seemed to trigger and uprising of "modern" values.
The passage of the Volstead Act was a disaster. Not only was it ineffective, it was also extremely unpopular within few years. Instead of conserving traditional values, the passage of the act triggered the uprising bootlegging and criminal empires.By making alcohol illegal the act did not prevent anyone from drinking alcohol, it only made the process of obtaining it much worse. Gangsters like Al Capone became rich from the illegal alcohol business. Many times these operations were violence and, in Capone's case, killed off their other competition. Soon, people were fed-up with the act, which was repealed in 1933. It did nothing to further traditional values.
The ruling at Scopes trial did not present so much as a surge of tractional values, but rather it represented the changing ways of thinking. Although the judge (who was a devout Protestant) did not rule in Scope's favor, the issue of teaching evolution in schools even coming into a court did not show that traditional values were becoming more popular, it showed that traditional values were becoming less important. The judge Bryan, when questioned by trial lawyer Darrow,admitted that he believed the world was created in 1 day, shocked many people. Bryan even admitted the Bible could be interpreted differently. This ruling only stirred controversy over fundamentalism values and was not a triumph for traditional values.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
Palmer responded by hunting down suspected communist, socialists and anarchists. They invaded private homes and jailed suspects without legal justice.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Palmer's tactics did nothing to unearth communist or revolutionary conspiracies and it seemed like he was more focused on becoming president.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
They used this fear as an excuse to harass immigrants. They claimed they were devoted to 100% americanism (native born white males) and used the anti-communism wave to drive different groups of people out of the country.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
The Klan committed many crimes such as burning saloons. They opposed unions and attempted to drive Roman Catholics, Jews and foreign born people out of the country and wanted to put blacks "in their place".
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Both men were Italian and also radicals who had evaded the war draft. They were convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence and both were executed. It is most likely that the men were treated so unfairly because of their political beliefs and their status os foreigners.
Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The Boston strike was unpopular with the public because it was believed that, as police officers, they had no right to strike and thus endanger the safety of the public. There was also a fear of strikes leading to communism.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
He became very popular after ending the Boston strike. The people felt that he had saved Boston form communism.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
Propaganda that linked the strikers with communists was put out, and the fear of communism made the strike unpopular.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
Wilson responded by giving a written plea to the negotiators and ended the deadlock between labor and management.
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
Palmer responded by hunting down suspected communist, socialists and anarchists. They invaded private homes and jailed suspects without legal justice.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Palmer's tactics did nothing to unearth communist or revolutionary conspiracies and it seemed like he was more focused on becoming president.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
They used this fear as an excuse to harass immigrants. They claimed they were devoted to 100% americanism (native born white males) and used the anti-communism wave to drive different groups of people out of the country.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
The Klan committed many crimes such as burning saloons. They opposed unions and attempted to drive Roman Catholics, Jews and foreign born people out of the country and wanted to put blacks "in their place".
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Both men were Italian and also radicals who had evaded the war draft. They were convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence and both were executed. It is most likely that the men were treated so unfairly because of their political beliefs and their status os foreigners.
Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The Boston strike was unpopular with the public because it was believed that, as police officers, they had no right to strike and thus endanger the safety of the public. There was also a fear of strikes leading to communism.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
He became very popular after ending the Boston strike. The people felt that he had saved Boston form communism.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
Propaganda that linked the strikers with communists was put out, and the fear of communism made the strike unpopular.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
Wilson responded by giving a written plea to the negotiators and ended the deadlock between labor and management.
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