HST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Aimee Semple Mcpherson, William Allen White, Ku Klux Klan Titles And Vocabulary
15 Feb 2017
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Hst 202 week 3 lecture 6. President wilson proposed league of nations: 1920 decade of terror. Recession economic troubles: uncle sam, labor, etc. can save everyone. Reservationists: under certain conditions, wilson needed to be able to persuade them. Don"t end up joining league of nations. Rise of bolshevism: revolution against capitalism. Too must idealism: always pushing idealistic ideas; folks tired of that. Steel strike in sept: america"s biggest industry. Red summer: racial violence, whites against blacks. Fear/paranoia about radicals: witch hunt for these different groups. Wave of letter bombs: atty gen. a. mitchell palmer; april-june 1919. History often turns on peoples decisions: targeted at leaders of industry, politicians. The ban on alcohol: america had a drinking problem, plenty of saloons, can gamble, get prostitutes, etc. 18th amendment banning the sale of alcohol; 1920: smuggling, rum runners (going to a state where it is legal, organized crimes; gangs. Have to be white, anglo saxon, and protestant.
