Lesson on Monday, March 12, 2018

Aim: What conflicts in culture and politics arose in the 1920s, and how did economic developments in that decade help cause the Great Depression?

Bell Ringer: Grade WWI Exam

Agenda:

1. Review Journal 119 / A: After the war, many whites attempted to roll back the progress African Americans made during the war through violence and intimidation. Labor also suffered in the 1920s as employers worked to dispel union strength and slap wages. The election of Republican Calvin Coolidge and antilabor Supreme Court decisions stripped unions of any government support. The economic woes that followed the war and the disintegration of labor union power led some Americans to become radicalized; an extreme minority joined the Communist Party. In reaction to a grossly overstated threat of Bolshevism, government officials and Americans sought out and persecuted those suspected of communism. The connections among these events stem from a fearful public who felt insecure economically.

2. Racial Strife (lynchings)(MIG), Erosion of Labor Rights (WXT): war economy brought higher pay and better working conditions, Adkins v. Children's Hospital (WXT)

*ramifications of WWI as demonstrated by social tension, xenophobia, and laws repressing freedom of expression, rise of KKK again.

3. Exam Alert: The Adkins case has appeared in previous AP exams in questions regarding labor rights, women's rights, and collective bargaining.

Read: "Capitalism and Conflict: Landmark Cases, Adkins vs. Children's Hospital (5 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yswL44x9IzE (5 min)

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4. Palmer Raids (WXT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOUNmfG9CDo (3 min)

5. Red Scare (POL): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTTU9cunU4g (4 min)


Terms to know: Adkins v. Children's Hospital, welfare capitalism, Red Scare, Palmer Raids, 


Home Learning:

1. Read pages 709-718

2. Journals 120 - What choices did Americans face in the elections of 1920 and 1924, and what directions did they choose?

3. Journals 121 - What were the economic goals of U.S. foreign policymakers in the 1920s?

4. Sedition Act, Red Scare, and Palmer Raids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QrfEdEWMo (12 min)