PPT-Conflict in the 1920s- The Red Scare and Labor Strikes

The Russian Revolution Czar Nicholas II led Russia through March 1917 Absolute power total control of country Led Russia into WWI which caused death starvation and bad feelings from citizens. Anita Chan. University of Technology, Sydney. Kaxton. . Siu. Australian National University . 1. The Vietnam Strike Wave. 2. Some New Observations about the Strikes in Vietnam. Comparative . perspective: Vietnam and China.. Students will be able to define the Red Scare and explain what groups were targeted during the 1920’s as being “un-American” and why social unrest gripped the nation during the postwar era due to the rise of . US History: Spiconardi. The Growth of Unions. Purpose of Unions. To protect workers. Improve working conditions . Collective Bargaining .  . Courts . denied this right at first. Believed a worker could find another job if they were unhappy with . Organize. A.. . The New Working Class- late 19. th. century. -Demand= labor soars (factories, laborers, transport, sellers, plantations, etc). -Who?. 1. 1/3- foreign born immigrants. 2. African American men- South- no opportunity. The Student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.. Post World War I . Russia=renamed Soviet Union (USSR) & boundaries changed. Austria=redrawn. Czechoslovakia=added. Estonia=added. Renaissance – . African American literary awakening of the 1920s, centered in Harlem. Will have a profound effect on art and music in the 1920s.. 2. Jazz . Age – . term used to describe the 1920s due to the improvisational nature of jazz and how the Roaring Twenties appeared to be a time of boom and prosperity.. 1870-1900. The Changing American . Labor Force. Child Labor. Child Labor. Labor Unrest: 1870-1900. The Molly . Maguires. (1875. ) Irish Workers. James. McParland. Management vs. Labor. “Tools” of . 1870-1900. The Changing American . Labor Force. Child Labor. Child Labor. Labor Unrest: 1870-1900. The Molly . Maguires. (1875. ) Irish Workers. James. McParland. Management vs. Labor. “Tools” of . 1920s | An Overview. 3. The world as it looked to many Americans after WWI, full of problems and dangers.. 1920s | Politically. 5. President Harding. Elected in 1920 [Republican]. Campaigned on the slogan of “Return to Normalcy”. Westward Expansion. Many people moved west in the hopes of gaining wealth (gold and silver), happiness, land, and prosperity . Claiming land that belonged to Native Americans. . Westward Expansion. Railroad. In 1919, more than 4 million workers engaged in strikes. “Freedom in the Workplace”. Wearing military uniforms, workers denounced employers as “. kaisers. ”. Wartime rhetoric of economic democracy and freedom inspired the strikes. Appeal to Fear/ Scare Tactics Scare tactics try to frighten people into agreeing with the arguer by threatening them or predicting unrealistic dire consequences Universal Example Many smoking commercials demonstrate scare tactics. In 1917, Lenin led the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution & created the 1. st. communist government. What is Communism. ?.  political theory derived from Karl Marx, . advocating.  class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. 6.2: Explain the causes and effects of the social change and conflict between traditional and modern culture that took place in the 1920s, including the role of women, the “Red Scare,” the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, immigration quotas, Prohibition, and the Scopes trial..