Appeal of Republicanism after the First World War
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- Created on: 19-03-16 17:14
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- Appeal of Republicanism Post-war in America
- The return to 'normalcy'.
- WASP's (White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant's) saw 'normalcy' as a return to things that had been before the war.
- Whereas blacks hoped 'normalcy' would decrease inequality.
- WASP's (White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant's) saw 'normalcy' as a return to things that had been before the war.
- Isolationism
- This was a policy introduced by the Republican party so America could be supportive of other nations, but not to get entangled with their issues.
- This is a main factor why America did not join the League of Nations as well as not setting up colonies
- This was a policy introduced by the Republican party so America could be supportive of other nations, but not to get entangled with their issues.
- Laissez-faire policy
- The idea of the policy was to have 'less government in business and more business in government'.
- Laissez-faire means the policy of leaving things to take their own course, without interfering
- The First Red Scare
- The event was trigged by the Russian Communist revolution.
- This made many capitalist Americans disturbed, especially when large amounts of workers in the US went on strike.
- As result of the communist revoultion in Russia, the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) as well as the Communist Labor Party (CLP) were set up.
- Anarchists distributed pamphalets in many cities, urging for a revolution.
- 'Red-hunting' broke out as a result of people accussing each other of being communist.
- Ati-communist feelings escalated. Some businesses sacked employees of possible left-wing views.
- UntitleIn some parts of America there was considerable violence from groups such as the KKK. They targeted any groups they considered were 'Un-American'
- The event was trigged by the Russian Communist revolution.
- The return to 'normalcy'.
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