THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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economic decline
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fear of diseases
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assimilation programs were failing
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fear of communist infiltation
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the main reason Americans were upset by the Palmer Raids of 1919 and 1920? The raids ignored people’s civil liberties.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Red Scare, radical anarchist bombings, and the Sacco & Vanzetti trial led to a rise in nativism – the dislike of foreigners. Nativists believed white Protestant Americans were superior to others. These nativist attitudes would bring restrictions on immigration.
Detailed explanation-3: -Causes of the Red Scare During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why would the United States be concerned about the spread of communism? The United States felt threatened by the spread of communism because free enterprise and the capitalist system was the basis for American economy and, therefore, the American way of life.