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Demobilization
The transition from wartime to peacetime production levels caused social and economic strain.
Seattle general strike
Began on February 6 at 10:00a.m. some 60,000 workers left their jobs to participate in the strike.
Boston police strike
They went on strike because they wanted better pay and working conditions.
United Mine Workers strike
Some 400,000 coal miners walked out of the mines.
John L. Lewis
The newly elected president of the UMW.
Red scare
This was a period of anticommunist hysteria during 1919 and 1920.
A. Mitchell Palmer
The bomber an Italian anarchist died in the blast.
Palmer raids
Began in November 1919.
Nicola Sacco
Was a shoemaker.
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Peddled fish from a pushcart.
Warren G. Harding
While many party members thought Senator Harding was friendly and looked presidential.
Andrew Mellon
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover.
Charles Dawes
Set out to eliminate debt by slashing spending.
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
In 1922
Mergers
The combining of two or more comparing.
American Plan
Which supported union free open shops.
Feminists
Divisive among women's rights activists.
Equal Rights Amendment
This was a constitutional amendment proposed to congress in 1923 by Alice Paul.
Mary Anderson
Director of the U.S. Women's Bureau.
Teapot Dome Scandal
The most notorious episode of corruption during the Harding administration.
Albert Fall
Had persuaded Secretary of the Navy Edwin.
Calvin Coolidge
After Harding's death vice president was sworn in as president.
Alfred E. Smith
A moderate progressive.
William Joseph Simmons
Was a preacher.
David Stephenson
Was convicted of second-degree murder.
A. Philip Randolph
African American workers led black socialist.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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Pan-Africanism
Aimed to unite people of African decent worldwide.
Marcus Garvey
A native of Jamaica supported.
Black Nationalism
Was a cause
UNIA
In 1914
Immigration Act of 1924
Reduced this quota to 2 percent of the 1890 population figures for each nationality.