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American dream 1917-1980
Changing political climate Topic 1
WW1 IMPACT
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What impact did WW1 have on USA
politics?
☆Isolationism= Anti
International
intervention
and
identity.
☆Wilson
blamed for involvement in the war making
Democrats
less
popular.
☆Republicanism
became more popular and
Harding
became president.
What was Harding's Campaign slogan?
'Return to normalcy'
What laws made buying American easier?
☆Fordney
Mcumber
Act
1922
= High
tarriffs
on
foreign
goods.
How many people died during WW1?
Over
100,000
deaths.
Evidence of Isolationism.
The
USA
refused to join the League of
Nations
in
1928.
Impact on immigration:
⭐️
1921
/
1924 Emergency Quota
Act = Restricted immigration to
357,000-150,000
a year.
Economic turmoil:
Unemployment rose from
950,000-over 5million
, from
1919-1921.