After World War I, many Americans were exhausted and fearful of outsiders like immigrants and radicals. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia further stoked fears of communism spreading. In response, the U.S. government passed laws like the Espionage and Sedition Acts that criminalized speech against the government. It also passed the Emergency Quota Acts that set strict immigration limits based on national origin in an attempt to preserve a predominantly Anglo-Saxon America. These laws were reactions against immigrants, labor unions, and political ideologies like communism and anarchism that were seen as threats during the Red Scare of the 1920s.
After World War I, many Americans were exhausted and fearful of outsiders like immigrants and radicals. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia further stoked fears of communism spreading. In response, the U.S. government passed laws like the Espionage and Sedition Acts that criminalized speech against the government. It also passed the Emergency Quota Acts that set strict immigration limits based on national origin in an attempt to preserve a predominantly Anglo-Saxon America. These laws were reactions against immigrants, labor unions, and political ideologies like communism and anarchism that were seen as threats during the Red Scare of the 1920s.
After World War I, many Americans were exhausted and fearful of outsiders like immigrants and radicals. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia further stoked fears of communism spreading. In response, the U.S. government passed laws like the Espionage and Sedition Acts that criminalized speech against the government. It also passed the Emergency Quota Acts that set strict immigration limits based on national origin in an attempt to preserve a predominantly Anglo-Saxon America. These laws were reactions against immigrants, labor unions, and political ideologies like communism and anarchism that were seen as threats during the Red Scare of the 1920s.
Write down the Essential Question. (1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s? World War I left much of the American public exhausted. Debate over the League of Nations Progressive Era caused numerous changes to American life The Economy was not well Returning soldiers faced unemployment, or took jobs away from women and minorities Cost of living had increased Farmers and factory workers suffered because wartime orders fell
Many Americans responded by becoming fearful of outsiders. Nativism sentiments swelled Fear of Communism and the Bolshevik Revolution (1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s? Russia, February 1917: Hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike and protested in streets Troops who were sent to break up protests ended up joining them
The Czar (Russian Monarch) ended up abdicating (leaving his throne), and was executed with his family. Temporary government runs country. Russia continues to fight in WWI with Allied forces TWS - Make a Prediction: What impact do you think the decision to stay in the war had on Russia as a whole? Justify. CHALLENGE! How do you think an event such as the Bolshevik Revolution could impact American society? Explain!
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s? In November 1917, a communist group called the Bolsheviks took over Russia. Advocated for the rights of Workers
0-5: Communism? A political and economic system where the government, typically a dictatorship, controls all means of production
All land and wealth was distributed to peasants equally Elimination of classes (1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s? Some Americans associated labor unions with communist radicals who threatened American capitalism.
0-5: Red Scare?
Period of time when many Americans feared that communists were attempting to overthrow the U.S. government
Largely stemmed from paranoia after the Bolshevik Revolution. (1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s? A Communist Party actually formed in the United States. 70,000 radicals joined Some from the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) Several dozen bombs were mailed to government and business leaders
The public grew fearful
The blaze of revolution was sweeping over every American institution of law and ordereating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues of revolutionary heatlicking the altars of the churches, leaping into the belfry of the school bell, crawling into the sacred corners of American homes,burning up the foundations of society. M. Palmer (1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s? The Espionage and Sedition Acts
The Emergency Quota Act
Anger towards three groups:
Labor Unions Immigrants Anarchists (1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s? Made it illegal to say anything negative about the United States Government during wartime.
Individuals could not mail things that criticized the U.S. Evaluate this Act: Discuss with your partner, do you think the government has a right to do this? Justify your response.
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s? 0-5: Emergency Quota Act
Set up a quota system allowing only a certain number of people from each country into the U.S.
Relevance to today: The U.S. is currently seeing a rapidly increasing immigrant population in a long- lasting economic recession.
TWS: Should the government restrict immigration more when the economy is suffering? Why or why not? (1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT explain what immigration looked like in the 1920s and evaluate how it impacted American society and culture.
DOL: Given an exit card (80% accuracy) SW 1. Answer 3 multiple choice question. 2. Write a SEEC paragraph on the following topic: The Red Scare
EQ: What impact did immigration have on American society during the decade of the 1920s?
Anarchism, Libertarianism and Environmentalism: Anti-Authoritarian Thought and The Search For Self-Organizing Societies Damian Finbar White and Gideon Kossoff