Post_WWII

Post WWII Study Guide Isolation (post WWI) Not getting involved with foreign nations by staying out of alliances, military, and treaties Demobilization 1. shift from war time to peace time 2. factories from military back to civilian 3. army gets smaller so reduces number of jobs Recession 1919-1921 Caused by unemployment, economy shrinking, cost of living goes up, government cancels contracts to companies for weapons, were growing food to feed allied armies not necessary any more Labor problems Workers strike, 3 major strikes: Seattle General Strike, Boston Police Strike, Steel Strike Red Scare Period of communist hysteria after the Russian Bolshevik Bolshevik Revolution 1917 communism takes over and Americans fear that the unions and immigrants will take over Palmer’s Raids Raids on houses and apartments by the government to capture radicals Sacco & Vanzetti 1921 trial of 2 Italian abolitionists, convicted of robbing payroll office of factory Election of 1920 Warren G. Harding pres. Calvin Coolidge vice pres. Warren G. Harding Republican senator from Ohio, was elected president, middle class support him Harding’s Administration, Policies, Scandals More open, out going, lots of parties Very pro business, promote trickle down economics Very corrupt administration Ohio Gang Group of Harding’s friends from Ohio, given jobs, used connections to get rich Teapot Dome Scandal Secretary was caught taking money in cattle and giving it to oil resources Calvin Coolidge Vice president, takes over stock, market, money, election, economy, strike, jobs, demand, business, very, trickle, president, over, ohio, loans, hoover, harding, credit, administration, workers, work, wins, wealthy, time, taxes, takes, shares, resources, produce, pro, pres, oct, new, make, lots, harding’s