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The Red Scare
The period of anticommunist hysteria in America. -
Seattle general Strike
35,000 shipyard workers walked off the job demanding higher wages and shorter hours. Later 110 unions joined them and made a total of 60,000 people. -
The steel strike
365,000 steelworkers walked off the job demanding recognition of their union, higher wages and shorter work hours. -
Boston Police Strike
75 percent of the Boston police force went on strike after 19 police offers got fired from participating in labor union activities. -
The United Mine Workers strike
400,000 coal miners walked out of the mines demanding the continued enforcement of wartime contracts that kept workers' pay fixed at 1917 rates despite increases in cosumer prices. -
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The Palmer Raids
Federal officials arrested thousands of susspected radicals in 33 cities nationwide. -
American Plan
This policy supported union-free open shops. -
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African Americans Move North
More than 800,000 African Americans moved North following the thousands that had already moved during the war. -
Immigration Act of 1924
This limited the amount of immigrants allowed into the United States,, from 3 percent to 2 percent. -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
This law pushed tariff rates on manufactured goods to an all-time high in order to protect farms and factories. -
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porter
A. Philip Randolph founded this union to better the working conditions of the thousands of African Americans who worked for the Pullman Company.
