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World War OneI. IntroductionII. World War and American Society
A. WarB. Social ImpactC. DivisionsD. Dissent
III. Closing RanksA. CarrotB. Stick
IV. Post-war ReactionA. Red ScareB. Crushing StrikesC. Race Riots
V. The Emergence of Civil Liberties
Social Impact • Married women enter workforce
• 1910-20: 500,000 African-Americans leave the South for Northern cities
Divisions
• Immigrants– Total US Pop--
91M– Germany-- 8.3
M– Aus-Hun-- 2.7 M– Ireland-- 4.5 M
• African-Ams– 9.7M people
• Farmers– William J. Bryan
• Pacifists– Jane Addams
Radicals
• Socialists– Eugene Debs
• Communists– William Z.
Foster
• Anarchists– Emma Goldman
• Syndicalists– Industrial
Workers of the World
Strike Wave• 6,000 strikes
• More than 1M workers go on strike every year
• Unions double between 1914 and 1920
• Women stage food riots over high prices
Closing Ranks• Persuasion
– Worker Protections•Clayton Act
• Pressure– Propaganda
•Committee for Public Information (CPI)
– Bond Drives– Americanization– Vigilantism– Censorship
The Red Scare• Palmer raids
– 6,000 detained
– 300 deported
• Surveillance– General
Intelligence Division formed, 1918
– Bureau of Investigation formed. 1921
Emma Goldman Ethel Bernstein Peter Blaski Alex. Berkman
Radicals deported to Russia from the United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Race Riots
• Chicago– Causes
• Jobs, housing, prejudice
– Toll• 38 (23 b, 15 w) dead• 537 injured• 1,000 black families
homeless