In Class Notes Section:

Question 1

What were the results of war in the US?

Answer 1

The results of World War 1 in the US included a significant economic boom due to increased industrial production, a major shift in American society with increased women’s workforce participation, a surge in patriotism and nationalism, a catalyst for the Great Migration of African Americans.

Question 2

Conditions for Soldiers Upon Return:
————> Economics
————> Injurys

Answer 2

• Many had shell shock and were missing body parts, or were poisoned permanently from the gas.
• Were out of a job, and many would not be let back into a job after as they were hard to look at, and so many faced economic turmoil and poverty, or had to rely off of family members.

Question 3

Women’s Suffrage:

Answer 3

• Women could not vote, even though other races could not.
• There were many riots outside of the White House
• Alice Paul played a major role in the whole deal, and was convicted and went on many hunger strikes.
• Women felt it unfair that they played such a huge role in the economy during the war, but had no say in politics.

Question 4

Red Summer and Tulsa Massacre:

Answer 4

• The Red Summer was a period of racial violence and riots that took place in the United States in the summer and fall of 1919.
• The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre.

Question 5

Red Scare and Labour Unrest:

Answer 5

• During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.
• Labor unrest in the 1920s was characterized by strikes, violence, and a general public that condemned the labor movement.
• Jazz was a central part of the Harlem Renaissance, a period of cultural and artistic expression in the 1920s that gave voice to the African American experience:

Question 6

Jazz and the Harlem Renissance:

Answer 6

• Jazz was a central part of the Harlem Renaissance, a period of cultural and artistic expression in the 1920s that gave voice to the African American experience: