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Seattle General Strike
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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Turbulent Decade
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Red Scare
Period of anticommunist hysteria during 1919 and 1920. -
Boston Police Strike
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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The Steel Strike
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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The Palmer Raids
Raids ordered by U.S. attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer on suspected radical organizations. -
United Mine Workers Strike
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. -
American Plan
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. -
Ku Klux Klan
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. -
Universal Negro Improvement Association
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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Warren G. Harding
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. -
Fordney- McCumber Tariff Act
This law pushed tariff rates on manufactured goods to an all time high. Helped U.S. manufacturers to keep prices high and increase profit. -
Equal Rights Amendment
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. -
Calvin Coolidge
Vice President who took office after Harding's death. He won the 1924 election and continued the pro-business position. -
Immigration Act of 1924
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.
