Title: 1920s Reaction to Immigration / Red Scare

Date: October 3, 2014

Write down the
Essential Question.
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?
World War I left much of the American public
exhausted.
Debate over the League of Nations
Progressive Era caused numerous changes to American life
The Economy was not well
Returning soldiers faced unemployment, or took jobs
away from women and minorities
Cost of living had increased
Farmers and factory workers suffered because wartime
orders fell

Many Americans responded by becoming fearful of
outsiders.
Nativism sentiments swelled
Fear of Communism and the Bolshevik Revolution
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?
Russia, February 1917:
Hundreds of thousands of workers
went on strike and protested in streets
Troops who were sent to break up
protests ended up joining them

The Czar (Russian Monarch) ended up abdicating
(leaving his throne), and was executed with his
family.
Temporary government runs country.
Russia continues to fight in WWI with Allied forces
TWS - Make a Prediction: What impact do you think the decision to
stay in the war had on Russia as a whole? Justify.
CHALLENGE! How do you think an event such as the Bolshevik
Revolution could impact American society? Explain!

(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?
In November 1917, a
communist group called the
Bolsheviks took over Russia.
Advocated for the rights of
Workers

0-5: Communism?
A political and economic system where the
government, typically a dictatorship, controls all
means of production

All land and wealth was distributed to peasants equally
Elimination of classes
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?
Some Americans associated
labor unions with communist
radicals who threatened
American capitalism.

0-5: Red Scare?

Period of time when many Americans feared that
communists were attempting to overthrow the
U.S. government

Largely stemmed from paranoia after the
Bolshevik Revolution.
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?
A Communist Party actually formed in the United
States.
70,000 radicals joined
Some from the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World)
Several dozen bombs were mailed to government and
business leaders

The public grew fearful

The blaze of revolution was sweeping over every American
institution of law and ordereating its way into the homes of the
American workman, its sharp tongues of revolutionary
heatlicking the altars of the churches, leaping into the belfry of
the school bell, crawling into the sacred corners of American
homes,burning up the foundations of society. M. Palmer
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?
The Espionage and Sedition Acts

The Emergency Quota Act

Anger towards three groups:

Labor Unions
Immigrants
Anarchists
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?
Made it illegal to say
anything negative about the
United States Government
during wartime.

Individuals could not mail
things that criticized the U.S.
Evaluate this Act: Discuss with your partner, do you think the
government has a right to do this? Justify your response.

(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?
0-5: Emergency Quota Act

Set up a quota system allowing only a certain
number of people from each country into the U.S.

Relevance to today: The U.S. is currently seeing a
rapidly increasing immigrant population in a long-
lasting economic recession.

TWS: Should the government restrict immigration
more when the economy is suffering? Why or why
not?
(1.2.f, 1.2g) SWBAT
explain what
immigration looked
like in the 1920s and
evaluate how it
impacted American
society and culture.

DOL: Given an exit
card (80% accuracy)
SW 1. Answer 3
multiple choice
question. 2. Write a
SEEC paragraph on
the following topic:
The Red Scare

EQ: What impact
did immigration
have on American
society during the
decade of the
1920s?