We discussed that the Treaty of Versailles, written at the end of WWI, was not truly a peace treaty, but a treaty the Allied leaders of Europe insisted be based on revenge. The reparations levied against Germany were so harsh and unrealistic that this will pave the way for more problems in Europe over the next two decades, culminating in the rise of a leader and another war - the likes of which the world had never seen.
-Paranoia in the U.S. due to the Russian Revolution of 1917. A new govt. agency called the FBI was created to prevent "radicals" and communists from taking over anywhere in the U.S. Palmer Raids, the Great Migration... The "Lost Generation," the name given to the young generation of Americans who had lived through WWI... They felt alienated, that the war had been a fraud. Prohibition - the sale and manufacture of alcohol went into effect in 1920 and it quickly led to organized crime here in the U.S.