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World War One I. Introduction II. World War and American Society A. War B. Social Impact C. Divisions D. Dissent III. Closing Ranks A. Carrot B. Stick IV. Post-war Reaction A. Red Scare B. Crushing Strikes C. Race Riots V. The Emergence of Civil Liberties

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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

War

• Central Powers– Germany, Austria, Ottomans

• Allies– UK, France, Russia, Italy

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 House Bombed

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

The Great Steel Strike

William Z. Foster

<= Chicago Steel Workers

Race Riots

• Chicago– Causes

• Jobs, housing, prejudice

– Toll• 38 (23 b, 15 w) dead• 537 injured• 1,000 black families

homeless

Tulsa, 1921

• 300 deaths• 800 injuries• 6,000 held• 35 city blocks

burned

Civil Liberties

• Abrams defendants• Holmes, Brandeis, Roger Baldwin