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Began on February 6, 1919 where some 60,000 workers left their jobs to participate in the strike. No violence occurred, they demanded higher wages and shorter hours.
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Period of anticommunist hysteria during 1919 and 1920.
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In September of 1919, another strike broke out where Boston police officers demanded better pay and working conditions. Boston polices commissioner fired 19 officers and violence occurred for 2 nights.
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Some 365,000 steel workers in Western Pennsylvania walked off the job. They demanded recognition of their union and protested low wages and long working hours. It almost shut down the steel industry.
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Raids ordered by U.S. attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer on suspected radical organizations.
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The last major strike of 1919 occurred when some 40,000 coal miners walked off the job. They protected the continued enforcement of wartime contracts. They demanded 50% pay increase and a 6 hour work day.
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The American Plan is the term that most U.S. employers in the 1920s used to describe their policy of refusing to negotiate with unions. The policy promoted union-free "open shops," where workers would not be required to join a labor union.
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Staged mass rallies where white-robbed members burned crosses and spoke out against groups and ideas they considered undesirable. They targeted African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and suspected radicals.
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Founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914. It had two main goals: they hoped to foster African American economic independence through the establishment of black owned businesses. They also worked to establish an independent black homelands in Africa
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Won the presidential election in 1920 and ran a pro-business platform which promised tax revision, higher tariffs, limits on immigration, and some aid to farmers.
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This law pushed tariff rates on manufactured goods to an all time high. Helped U.S. manufacturers to keep prices high and increase profit.
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This was a constitutional amendment proposed to Congress in 1923 by Alice Paul of the NWP. It stated: "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to jurisdiction.
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Vice President who took office after Harding's death. He won the 1924 election and continued the pro-business position.
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This law limited the number of immigrants from each country allowed in the United States. It reduced thr quota by 2% of 1890 population figures for each nationality.
