Chapter 22
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greenbarret on April 11, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Demobilization | the transition from wartime to peacetime production levels |
| Effect of Demobilization | Lack of jobs for veterans |
| Seattle General Strike | A well organized strike Feb. 6 1919 where 60,000 shipyard workers walked off the job to demand higher wages and shorter hours. |
| Boston Police Strike | the Police Force in Boston, MA went on a strike, and in fear of communism, President Coolidge (then governor at the time) fired them and called in the militia to be the police force |
| Red Scare | Intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas |
| A. Mitchell Palmer | was Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921. He was nicknamed The Fighting Quaker and he directed the controversial Palmer Raids. |
| Presidential Election of 1920 | Election won by Warren G. Harding who promised a return to normalcy and was favored by the farmers |
| Warren Harding | Winner of the presidential election of 1920 |
| Mergers | the combining of companies |
| American Plan | Policy promoted by business leaders during the 1920's that called for open shops. |
| Harding Scandals | Major incidents of corruption in government that occurred while Harding was president. Most notable, lease of federally owned oil reserve land to private interests in return for bribes. |
| Calving Coolidge | Became the thirteenth president after Harding's death |
| Presidential Election of 1928 | Election in which Herbert Hoover ran against Alfed Smith and won |
| Return of the KKK why? | The Great migration opened the dorrs for violent discrimination in the north |
| Black Nationalism | a belief in the separate identity and racial unity of the African American community |
| Mexican American Migration | The migration of some 500,000 Mexicans into the US in search of work |
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