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Effects of World War I in the United States

Effects of World War I in the United States. The transition to peace was made more difficult by a deadly influenza pandemic that began in 1918. The flu killed 550,000 Americans and more than 50 million people around the world.

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Effects of World War I in the United States

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  1. Effects of World War I in the United States

  2. The transition to peace was made more difficult by a deadly influenza pandemic that began in 1918. The flu killed 550,000 Americans and more than 50 million people around the world.

  3. Because rising prices made it harder to make ends meet, inflation caused labor unrest. • Many unions went on strike for higher pay and shorter workdays. • In 1919, more than 4 million workers went on strike. • The workers succeeded in some strikes, but lost far more. Some strikes turned violent.

  4. Violent strikes • The emergence of the Soviet Union as a communist country • A series of mail bombs targeting industrialists and government officials Several events combined to create the first Red Scare in the United States.

  5. One mail bomb was sent to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, who launched the Palmer Raids in 1920. • Police arrested thousands of people • Hundreds of people were deported without a trial. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) formed in 1920 to protect people’s rights and liberties.

  6. Another example of the Red Scare was the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. They were Italian anarchists charged with committing murder during a robbery in Massachusetts. • Witnesses claimed the robbers “looked Italian.” • Despite little real evidence against them, Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted and executed. Many scholars and politicians believed that the men died because of their nationality and political beliefs.

  7. In the 1920 presidential election, Republican Warren G. Harding based his campaign on a call for “normalcy,” a return to a simpler time before President Wilson. • Voters rejected President Wilson’s idealism and view of America’s role in the world. • Harding won the election in a landslide. • Republicans also won control of Congress.

  8. Despite Harding’s desire to go back to earlier times, it became clear that a new world order had emerged. • The Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires no longer existed. Germany and Russia had new forms of government. Other nations were weakened. • Meanwhile, the United States was strong, confident, and prosperous. It became the world’s economic center and largest creditor nation. America would wrestle with its relationship with the world in years to come.

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