Many strove to define '100% Americanism' and insisted on frequent and unambiguous demonstrations of loyalty. In America after World War One, the new THEM were the 'REDS,' whose menace could be defeated by US, the 'true AMERICANS.' But who were these adversaries? There were radicals who advocated the overthrow of American capitalism, especially after the 1917 Russian Revolution, but who were they? Immigrants? Union members? What about socialists, pacifists, liberals, and city dwellers? And there were many loyal Americans who would defend the nation's institutions-but who were they? Only native-born citizens? white Protestants? rural churchgoers? The fervor to define 'Red' and 'American' led to a brief but traumatic period after World War One-the 'Red Scare.' Through these primary resources, place yourself in the temperament of the times as you study the Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti, the Ku Klux Klan, and the labor and immigration debates of the 1920s.īabbitt: the ' Good Citizens' League.' Set in the fictional midwestern city of Zenith in 1920, Sinclair Lewis's classic novel Babbitt satirically portrayed the anxieties and adjustments of middle-class Americans after World War One.

Public anxiety after a war drives an urgent need to redefine THEM and US in the war's aftermath.

- Felix the Cat, All Puzzled, 1925 INTERNET MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVE.

- Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-IWW Rat, Ford Motor Co., 1919 NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION.

- ' Americanism,' Leonard Wood, Republican Party (4:10).

Political addresses on 'Americanism,' sound recordings with transcripts, 1919-1920 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

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