The Erosion of Civil Liberties (PREGION VER)

When did the Seattle strike begin?

Feb 1919

The Seattle strike eventually involved over ______ labor unions

100

By the end of 1919, _____ strikes with _______ workers

3,600, 4 million

In 1900 the AFL had _____ members

500,000

In 1919 the AFL had _______ members

4,169,000

The IWW’s membership peaked at _______

60,000

The AA strike began in ______

September

The AA strike involved _______ people

365,000

The average steel worker may have worked _____ hrs for _____/day

84, $4

What was the last major labor action of 1919?

400,000 coal miner strike in Penn, Ohio, Illinois, West Virginia, and Indiana

Who were the AFL’s largest union?

United Mine Workers

What was the result of the UMW strike?

Higher wages

Who was Seattle’s mayor?

Ole Hanson

When was Ole Hanson sent a bomb?

April 28, 1919

Who was sent a bomb on April 29, 1919?

Thomas Hadwick

Hadwick was the ______

Former senator of Georgia

A total of _____ bombs were intercepted by NYC postal officials

34

Congress gave Palmer’s justice department ______

$500,000

Palmer was a former ______

Pennsylvania congressman

What division did Palmer create in the BOI?

GID

The GID had a total of _________ cards on suspected people, organizations and publications

200,000

When was the Red Scare strongest?

November 1919 to Jan 1920

How many suspected subversives were arrested?

2,000

When was the Union of Russian Workers HQ swept?

Nov 7

Raids on the URW and others led to nearly ______ arrests

500

How many were deported at Ellis Island?

249

When were the Ellis Island radicals deported?

Dec 21, 1919

In Jan 1920, agents made ________ arrests in _______ cities associated with Communism

4,000, 33

Charles Schenck led the______ party in ________

Socialist, Philadelphia

Why was Shenck arrested?

He distributed a leaflet insulting the draft

When was Schenck arrested?

1917

When did Schenck’s trial start and when was it ended?

Jan 1920, two months later

How long was Debs sentenced for?

10 years

How many votes did Debs get in the 1920 election?

900,000

When was Abrams v. United States held?

Fall 1919

Why was Debs arrested?

He gave an anti-war speech

Abrams lost _____

7-2

When were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested?

1920

From 1915 to 1920, ________ African Americans left the South

one million

From 1910 to 1920 (here we go), Detroit ________ increase, Cleveland ______, Chicago by _______, New York ________, and Philadelphia ______

611.3%, 307.8%, 148.2%, 66.3%, 58.9%

Smaller cities like ____________ Saw grows in the Black population

Buffalo, Milwaukee, Akron, Newark, and Gary