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Bolsheviks, led by
Lenin, seize control
of Russia and
establish the Soviet
Union.
Red Scare – panic
over the spread of
communism sweeps
through the U.S.
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No private property
Equal distribution of
wealth
Government control
of industry
No religion, no
borders.
World-wide
revolution.
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Socialism is a system
of government in
which the state
controls the economy
and runs businesses
for the benefit of
citizens.
State owns the means
of production
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A. Mitchell Palmer
(Attorney General)
rounds up suspected
communists and
deports them from
the country.
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Labor strikes
fuel a fear of
communism
and a hatred
of foreigners.
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Ku Klux Klan reemerges as the
nativist movement
achieves power.
Immigration is
restricted.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Trial
For the next 5
mins. describe a
situation in which
you were accused
of something that
you didn’t do. Why
were you accused?
How did you feel?
Victims of Xenophobia
or Guilty?
Sacco was
a
shoemaker
Vanzetti was
a fish peddler
Both Italian
immigrants
Anarchists:
All forms of gov’t
should be abolished
Both accused
of murdering
a paymaster
& shoe store
security guard
Neither
had ever
been
accused
of a prior
crime
Paymaster carrying $15,000 in payroll receipts when
shot
Money was never traced to either
man
Not impartial
Referred to Sacco & Vanzetti as
“Dagos”
Judge
Webster Thayer
Both convicted of murder & sentenced
to death.
Vanzetti - I wish to say to you that I am
innocent. I have never done a crime, some
sins, but never any crime. I thank you for
everything you have done for me. I am
innocent of all crime, not only this one,
but of all, of all.
I am an innocent man.
…Only because they
were foreigners
Xenophobia:
Fear of strangers
(foreigners)
Where
are
they
coming
from?
Many wanted
all foreigners Welcome
out of US Sacco &
Vanzetti
represented
everything
Americans
feared about
foreigners
Some protests & riots
ensued
The American Immigration Act
of 1924 limited immigration
from countries where 3% of the
total U.S. population, per the
1890 census, were immigrants
from that country.
The massive influx of
Europeans that had come
to America during the first
two decades of the
century slowed to a
trickle.
Asians and citizens of
India were prohibited
from immigrating
altogether.
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Alien Land Laws, such as California's WebbHaney Act in 1913, prevented aliens ineligible
for citizenship of the right to own land in
California. It also limited the leasing of land by
said aliens to three years. Many Japanese
immigrants circumvented this law by
transferring the title of their land to their
American-born children, who were citizens.
Similar laws were passed in 11 other states.