American Legion and “The American Way”
§After WWI, the American Legion joined with the National Education Association in an effort to week out so-called radical ideas from public schools (p. 317)
§They campaigned against what they called subversive teachers and radical ideas in the curriculum (p. 317)
§In the 1930's, the National Association of Manufacturers launched the "American Way" campaign through schools and other organizations to try to create an automatic association in the public mind between democracy and capitalism (p.317)
