2.8 Continuing Tensions and Divisions

Question 1

What issues exposed tensions and divides in America?

Answer 1

• Mass immigration
• Moral standards in society
• The position of African-Americans
• Industrial relations
• US involvement in the war

Question 2

What issues did the US have with immigration?

Answer 2

• WW1 interrupted the flow of immigrants into the US
• Potential problems of divided loyalties: German-Americans, Irish-Americans, and recent Russian immigrants

Question 3

What racial tensions were there?

Answer 3

From 1910, the northward migration of African Americans from the South to the urban North began and there were tensions between black and white workers

Question 4

When did Wilson’s reputation begin to change?

Answer 4

Entry into WW1; he changed from the Progressive President to the World Statesman