Abdulwahab ahmed
The United States had attempted to return to normalcy following the first world war, but had gone through some problems or economic changes to achieve this dream. The problems that the U.S. had went through is the red scare which is when the government had blamed some immigrants of being communists. They also went through some of economic changes like the movement for women's rights which marked a positive change in America. In the 1920s was a first time where automobiles were used for everyday things. The stock market boom was a big event that helps the United States to return to normalcy.
During the 1920s America had a fear of communism known as the ¨Red Scare¨ the result of this the government started to blame immigrants …show more content…
Mitchell Palmer, America’s Attorney-General, lead to a campaign against the communists. On New Year’s Day, 1920, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison¨("The Red Scare in the 1920."). In 1919 there were a number of bomb attacks, but they did not know who actually did this, so the government blamed communists. Americans had a fear of communists in the first place because the Americans don't like the idea that the government should own all the business, because Americans wanted to be able to get rich and profit themselves. This fear of communists started after World War I when Russia became a communist country after a violent overthrowing of the czar. Then in 1901 Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot and killed President McKinley in Buffalo New York. Because Czolgosz was a Polish Immigrant, Americans started to blame other immigrants as well (history.com). An example of this fear was the cases of Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Speaking little …show more content…
The reason for the economic boom in the 1920s was that the United States was selling goods to other countries that just finish world war 1 and these countries wasn't able to make their own things that why the U.S. was making a lot of money. This an example, “Following WW1, America experienced a massive economic boom bringing an increased demand for American goods (Consumerism) and rapid industrial growth. Before World War One, America was in debt to Europe. After WW1 the situation was reversed and the former Allies owed America more than $10 billion for the cost of armaments and food supplies”("Economic Boom 1920s."). It shows that the U.S. had a big demand in goods after world war 1 and it made the stocks to increase explanatory by billions. All the big companies had a big demand for goods from other countries and it made the company more richer. The stock had made middle class people more richer because they were buying part ownerships of companies that making a lot money. There some people depended on the stock to much and they give a lot of their money in stocks for hoping to make more money off it. Here an example, “The situation was made worse because there were almost no controls on the buying and selling of shares, or on the setting up of companies. Shares could be bought on street corners and many people sand
The United States had attempted to return to normalcy following the first world war, but had gone through some problems or economic changes to achieve this dream. The problems that the U.S. had went through is the red scare which is when the government had blamed some immigrants of being communists. They also went through some of economic changes like the movement for women's rights which marked a positive change in America. In the 1920s was a first time where automobiles were used for everyday things. The stock market boom was a big event that helps the United States to return to normalcy.
During the 1920s America had a fear of communism known as the ¨Red Scare¨ the result of this the government started to blame immigrants …show more content…
Mitchell Palmer, America’s Attorney-General, lead to a campaign against the communists. On New Year’s Day, 1920, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison¨("The Red Scare in the 1920."). In 1919 there were a number of bomb attacks, but they did not know who actually did this, so the government blamed communists. Americans had a fear of communists in the first place because the Americans don't like the idea that the government should own all the business, because Americans wanted to be able to get rich and profit themselves. This fear of communists started after World War I when Russia became a communist country after a violent overthrowing of the czar. Then in 1901 Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot and killed President McKinley in Buffalo New York. Because Czolgosz was a Polish Immigrant, Americans started to blame other immigrants as well (history.com). An example of this fear was the cases of Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Speaking little …show more content…
The reason for the economic boom in the 1920s was that the United States was selling goods to other countries that just finish world war 1 and these countries wasn't able to make their own things that why the U.S. was making a lot of money. This an example, “Following WW1, America experienced a massive economic boom bringing an increased demand for American goods (Consumerism) and rapid industrial growth. Before World War One, America was in debt to Europe. After WW1 the situation was reversed and the former Allies owed America more than $10 billion for the cost of armaments and food supplies”("Economic Boom 1920s."). It shows that the U.S. had a big demand in goods after world war 1 and it made the stocks to increase explanatory by billions. All the big companies had a big demand for goods from other countries and it made the company more richer. The stock had made middle class people more richer because they were buying part ownerships of companies that making a lot money. There some people depended on the stock to much and they give a lot of their money in stocks for hoping to make more money off it. Here an example, “The situation was made worse because there were almost no controls on the buying and selling of shares, or on the setting up of companies. Shares could be bought on street corners and many people sand