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Go to the link below and answer the questions follow.

Domestic and International policies of 20s

1. What did Republicans and Harding mean by promising Americans “a return to normacy”?

2.  President Harding’s administration was mired in scandal.  What happened in the “Tea Pot Dome Scandal”?

3. Why were Progressives opposed to the Republican leadership of the 1920s?

4. How did Republican policy of the 1920s reflect regret for involvement in World War I? Give a specific example.

5. Why were American banks basically funding repayment of American war debt? What solution was attempted?

Use the powerpoint below to answer the questions that follow about the “Red Scare” of the 1920s.

CH 14 Red Scare ppt presentation

Red Scare Notes in google Presentation

1. What were the main sources of American’s fear of communism during the 1920s?

2. Why do you think most American’s rejected the principles of communism?

3. How did anarchists in our country contribute to Americans fear of communism?

4. How did the case of Sacco and Vanzetti show American fear fo communism?

5. Who was Mitchell Palmer? What role did he play in the Red Scare of the 1920s?

6. What happened to “victims” of the Palmer Raids?

7. Why was Palmer able to get away with his raids, arrests, and deportations without hard evidence?

8. Why do many believe Palmer took advantage of the American public’s fear of communism?

9. How specifically, were people’s right’s violated during the Red Scare?

10. How do you think the Red Scare contributed to the growth of the KKK during the 1920s? What lesson can be learned from the Red Scare?