THE RED SCARE

PALMER RAIDS

• The Palmer raids were the attempts by the United States department of justice to arrest and report leftist
• Especially anarchists
• started November 1919
• Over 500 people were deported out of the area
• This ended when the American civil liberties union published a report of illegal practices against Palmer.

SACCO/VANZETTI TRIAL

• Two Italian born anarchists who were convicted of murder
• The trial began on June 22 1920
• The trial went on until July 1 when the jury deliberated for five hours and returned guilty verdicts
• Instead of sentencing Sacco and Vanzetti for murder they were sentenced for armed robbery for 12-15 years
• That at the time was the maximum sentence allowed to be given

KU KLUX KLAN

• It was a organization in which had advocated extremist reactionary currents
• Such as white nationalism white supremacy and anti-immigration
• The first klan arose from the southern United States
• Six well educated confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created this klan on December 1865

THE AUTOMOBILE

HENRY FORD

• The founder of ford and the sponsor of the assembly line technique
• He manufactured the first automobile the model T
• The ford motor company had a policy to do business to anyone that had relations with the United States

ASSEMBLY LINE

• Created by Henry ford
• Used to produce products more efficiently
• It also gave more job opportunities

RISE OF NEW INDUSTRIES

• With automobiles now being produced more types of jobs related to them are being made
• Gas companies had more consumers
• Tire company's were made and so were mechanics

PROHIBITION

18TH AMENDMENT

• This established the prohibition of alcohol use
• It did this by declaring the production and sale of alcohol

ORGANIZED CRIME

• A group of criminals that plan to do illegal actions
• Al Capone is the most associated with this topic
• Some criminal organizations persuade company's to do business with them

21ST AMENDMENT

• This repealed the 18th amendment of the u.s constitution
• It mandated nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
• It was ratified on December 5 1933

HEROS OF 1920s

BABE RUTH

• He was a pitcher and outfielder who played for 22 seasons
• He originally played for the red soxs
• He became one of the most popular baseball players that hit the field

JACK DEMPSY

• American boxer and a cultural icon
• He held the championship from 1919 to 1926
• One of the best boxers out there

CHARLES LINDBERGH

• 25 years old mail pilot
• Winning the nonstop solo flight on may 20-21
• Made a distance of nearly 3,600 miles