Today Mr. Bruns finished up with WWI tests and then we took some notes.
Politics of the Roaring 20's
The Red Scare
- Occurred after WWI from 1919 to 1920
- Was a period of time when Americans were afraid of communists, radicals, and socialists
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were communist leaders
- They felt that it was unfair that rich people had most of the money
- Communists theory states that poor people would rise up in society and overthrow the rich people and create a world where everyone is treated equally
- Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Soviet Union and the first communist leader
Palmer Raids
- The government deported people who might be communists and radicals out of the country
- The U.S. did not want to become the communist states of America
Ku Klux Klan
- 1920s
- Anti-black, immigrant, communist, radial, etc
- Federal government supported them.
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