Chapter 19 Flashcards
War industries board
Forced companies to manufacture war materials instead of their normal goods
Women who worked during war
When the war was over the women who were working went back to being housewives
Causes of St. Louis Riots
People were prejudiced against blacks and other minorities and didn’t want them to work in factories
Referred to as the turning point of WW1
Second battle of Marne
Lenin and the Bolsheviks did this in Germany
Signed a secret peace treaty
Midterm elections 1918
Resulted in a fully Republican Senate and House of Representatives
Why did Wilson travel the country giving speeches
To promote his ideas about the peace treaty
How many Americans died from the Spanish flu
675,000
What was the best known strike in America after the war?
The Boston police strike
Why did the red scare happen?
People were afraid that one communist revolution would spread throughout the world and eventually ruin America’s way of life
Food administration
Victory gardens, meatless Monday’s, wheat less Wednesday’s
