Labor Unions By Dara Thomas On November 1, 1919 John L. Lewis announced the Coal strike had begun, due to the workers wanting to obtain the industry’s wartime gains. General A. Mitchell pushed the Lever Act and sent John L. Lewis a warning on October 31, 1919 telling him that it is illegal to stop the production and the delivery on an item that is necessary to the everyday life of America. When he received this warning the very next day over 400,000 coal workers went on strike to get the
wartime gains they believed they deserved. As a result of Lewis’ actions, the AFL with Gompers was forced to step in. They attempted to reason between Palmer and Lewis but that quickly failed. There were a bunch of accusations that people other than Lewis had ordered the strike and were
funding it. Although there were many ways of trying to alleviate the tension and get the miners back to work, there were also ways for the strikes to get what they were trying to accomplish in the first place. When the strike had almost reached a months time,
didn’t continue and on December 10, 191 the final agreement came and the strike ended. Lewis was facing criminal charges and eventually announced the strike was over.
The Red Scare
Written By: Abbee Bailey
In 1919 the Nation was gripped in fear, communist, anarchist, socialist and other dissidents suddenly formed following many anarchist bombings. Woodrow Wilson pledged to make the world safe for democracy, was compromised by the beginning of the Red Scare. World War 1 has ended along with the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917. The Red Scare took America by a storm shortly after. Innocent people were being jailed for showing their views and beliefs, many liberties and rights were being ignored and the American Nation was scared that another revolution was beginning.
Many Americans were in fear that communist were taking over the U.S. capitalist society by starting a revolution. Many unsolved bombings made many Americans become intolerant and were angered. A bombing on April 28th targeted Ole Hanson, the next day; another bombing injured the housekeeper of the U.S. senator Thomas W. Hartwick. Because there were so many different bombings, Americans were beginning to think immigrants were coming in from different countries to try and take over the U.S. capitalist society like I mentioned before.
So the government implanted the Johnson Act, which aloud only 3% of immigrants that were here in 1910 were aloud to come into the United States. Also the National Origin Act was implanted as well which said that only 2% of immigrants that were here in 1890 were aloud to come into the United States.
With these Acts the government thought it would be harder for all of the immigrants to come into America, they especially thought it would be harder with the National Origin Act because they lowered the percentage. This helped the nation become more confident about living there and it reduced communism and anarchist and socialist bombings in 1920. So the Red Scare lasted about one year, from 1919 to 1920.
Racial Prejudices By Dara Thomas
Although the United States claims that everyone is equal, in the Country slogan of “E pluribus Unum” that we are accepting every race and immigrants from all over the world but then we pass acts such as the Johnson Act of 1921, which states exactly the opposite equality that we promise. The Johnson Act has brought to light the fear that American’s have of The Red Scare and the aftermath of it.
American’s are fearful that these communists that have been coming in might overthrow the government. The Act states that we are limiting the immigration from any nationality to 3% of the amount of immigrants living here in 1910, we are putting up these barriers and shutting out innocent people, all in fear of being overthrown.
This sense of freedom that America has worked so hard to prove to the world that it’s a human right, not a given right has been so easily shot down by this limiting people from coming into our country for opportunity. In 1924 the National Origins Act is passed lowering the 3% to a mere 2% of immigrants from 1890.
America is a country that should be embracing this kind of cultural growth with open arms, putting up these walls is only going to make other countries revolt on us. We need to be treating them with this “Out of one, many” motto we try so hard to protect and we need to keep the idea that we are the “Melting Pot” alive and growing.
The Scopes Trial By Madeline Muller
The debate between Science and Religion sparks the most conflict on the topic of evolution. Those in favor of Science believe in Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species Theory. People in favor of Religion, however, believe in a literal interpretation of Bible: God created the world in six days. The Scopes Trial is what first brought this argument to light in the national spotlight. The state of Tennessee passed a law deeming it was illegal to teach evolution in school. The ACLU wanted to put the new law to the test, and declared that John Scopes, a science teacher who was teaching evolution, was breaking the law. William Jennings Bryan, former presidential candidate, sided with the prosecution.
Furthermore, William Jennings Bryan wanted to treat the case a constitutional issue and questioned the truth of evolution when compared to the Bible. The well-known lawyer, Clarence Darrow, took up the defense on this case, questioning miracles in the Bible. Darrow found contradictions about creation in Bryan’s case and in the Bible. The court found Scopes guilty, but the media was more interested in the conflict between Darrow and Bryan. Though many people supported Bryan’s placement of faith over facts, they could not look over the holes in his argument.
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Topic: Babe Ruth hits 500 homers in MLB I am a huge baseball fan. My wife says that I even put baseball before her. This week Babe Ruth made his 500th home run and gee willikers, that man is the bee’s knees! He’s the big cheese with more talent than a man could even dream of having. The Yankees will have their best games with this bimbo on their team. I reckon he is the greatest baseball player there has ever been.
Topic: Immigration Limitation I am split. I don’t know how I should feel about this new act being passed. I’m just all balled up! It’s not that I don’t know from nothing, I just can’t choose my side. There’s been an earful of talk about how there are too many others in our place, but I want everyone to have a chance for the good life. Topic: False Judgment I am very disappointed in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. I am filled with great sorrow to hear that it may be possible than an innocent person may be gone from this world forever. The fact that there was no proof that Vanzetti was guilty, and just as well, he pleaded innocent, is just baloney. I understand why it is believed that Sacco was a huge part of the bump off, and that they were both capers, but they don’t know from nothing anything that could link Vanzetti to this scam. I would like to see a dick take over before life-changing assumptions take over. I do not think this is Jake. !
Women’s Rights By Madeline Muller
“We The People”, meant to encompass the American people as a whole, left one demographic in particular feeling completely outcast: women. However, the women’s suffrage movement, started in 1848, has come leaps and bounds in the past few decades, especially picking up momentum in the late 19-teens. It made significant progress in 1920 when women were granted the right to vote, allowing their voices to finally be heard. World War I caused many women to leave the household and take jobs they had not held before; consequently, women’s motivation to be treated as equals to men increased: they demanded for better wages and rallied for political rights.
After decades of fighting and suffering, the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920 giving women the right to vote. The cultural change that has been brought about in the 1920’s influenced women to focus more on their social lives and less on using their newfound voices in politics. Money and automobiles provided women with a new sense of independence and freedom, encouraging them to find new importance in body image and fashion. Along with this new culture came a drastic change in fashion. Women started dressing more provocatively and cut their hair extremely short, covering their heads with close fitting hats.
The word that disapproving elders gave to the women who embodied this new style is Flappers. These girls dressed in short skirts, smoked cigarettes, danced wildly, and used birth control and cosmetics This decade has brought about a new confidence and independence to women all across the nation, changing the culture of America in a very significant and very permanent way.