2. The Red Scare
The Russian Revolution
March 1917
Bolsheviks
Communism adopted
1. government owned all land and property
2. single political party controlled by the
government
3. individuals had no rights that the government
was bound to respect
4. government vowed to stir up revolutions in other
countries and spread communism
3. Schenck v US
1919
Charles Schenck
The Palmer Raids
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
Sacco and Vanzetti
April 15, 1920
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
4. Labor Strikes
The Boston Police Strike
Steel and Coal Strikes
Steelworkers strike in 1919
United Mine Workers of America strike in
1919
5. Republican Leadership
Dominated all three branches
The Harding Presidency
Isolationism
Washington Conference
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
Limiting Immigration
The Teapot Dome Scandal
Albert B Fall
6. The Coolidge Presidency
Laissez Faire
Continued Isolationsim
Frank B Kellogg
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Election of 1928
9. Ford and the Automobile
Ford and the “Model T”
1908
Ford’s Assembly Line
Took advantage of Economies of Scale
A Complex Business Man
Industrial Growth