War Impact & Inflation
In 1919, Prices rose more than what percent?
15%
How many strikes occurred in 1919?
Over 3,600
This is the Fear of communism spreading in the U.S.
Red Scare
The preference for native-born Americans over Immigrants
Nativism
Harlem Renaissance
What did rising prices greatly increase for Americans?
Cost of Living
How many shipyard workers started the Seattle strike?
35,000
Mass arrests of suspected radicals was called what
Palmer Raids
This is a limit on the number of immigrants allowed
Quota
This is the movement of many African Americans moving up north
Great Migration
Why did workers demand higher wages? What did inflation caused
Reduced purchasing power
What makes it considered a general strike?
All workers in a certain city or industry
DAILY DOUBLE
MAYDAY
What is the belief that some races are superior to others
Eugenics
Banning of Alcohol is called
Prohibition
WHy did companies resist raising wages?
Rising costs of production
DAILY DOUBLE
Boston police strike
Freedoms protected from government interference is called
Civil Liberties
Who was the founder of the 2nd revival of the KKK
William J Simmons
Illegal production and sale of alcohol
Bootlegging
What happened to government economic controls after WWI?
They were removed
Why were Americans fearing strikes in 1919?
Associated them with communism
Why were the Palmer Raids considered controversial?
Violated civil liberties
This court case involed 2 men that were accussed, convicted, and executed despite there not being proper eveidence to prove them guilty
The Sacco and Vanzetti Case
This person flew 33 hours straight across the Atlantic Ocean
Charles Lindbergh