The U.S. After WWI

1.Describe the feeling many American had after the WWI?

• Americans felt horrible after the war, they had to work more. They were tried of the war.

2.What were some reations by Americans to their post WWI feelings?

• They were afraid of outsiders, they practiced nativism and isolationism. They had a fear of communism too.

3.What did the Palmer raids acomplish? Why did palmer do the raids?

• He was going after political radicals. He was affraid of communism.

4.What did the KKK fear? Did their membership grow in the 1920's?

• Their numbers grew by almost 600%. They feared that the African- Americans, jews and everybody else would be treated equally.

5.What was the quota system?

• the quota system was made to limit the number of immigrants coming over to the U.S.

6.Was the quota system discriminatory?

• yes the quota was discriminatory to people in Eastern and Southern Europe mostly Jews and Catholics.

7.How was Mexico affected by the quota system?

• Mexico was not affected by this system as well as Canada, this law did not apply to them.