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The Roaring 20s

Economic Adjustment Before WWI: Second Industrial Revolution & some new inventions Poor work conditions During WWI: Increase production for war effort -Food & prices increase

Economic Adjustment After WWI: -Decrease production war is over -New inventions -People have money to spend -Booming economy -Credit: Buy now, pay later -Installment plans: monthly payments for more expensive items

Workers/Labor Before WWI: -Labor unrest, harsh conditions, poor pay/hours -Strikes but usually management wins During WWI: -Need workers so increase wages and National War Labor Board settles disputes -But increase hours, taxes, and prices

Workers/Labor After War: -No longer need workers -People have money to spend on new inventions

Labor Relations Before WWI: -Workers tried to unionize but government often sided with management During WWI: -Union membership increased -National War Labor Board helps regulate disputes

Labor Relations -People have money to spend on new inventions After WWI: -People have money to spend on new inventions -More unrest & general strikes: many unions strike at once Boston: Police Strike Seattle: Ship workers Indiana: Steel

Women Before WWI: -No voting rights -Lower pay than men -Long dresses, long sleeves During WWI: -Take over male jobs/pay increases -Skirts got shorter because need material -Glimpse of independence

Women After WWI: -Return home or take lower paying jobs -Most lose jobs to returning soldiers -Gain voting rights -Some rebels: flappers-wore shorter skirts, cut hair, smoked in public, drove cars, played sports

African Americans Before WWI: -Lower wages -Discrimination During WWI: -Great Migration: start moving north for jobs and to escape segregation -Better pay -More jobs available due to the war and less immigration -Soldiers were segregated & given minimal jobs

African Americans After WWI: -Soldiers return to discrimination & segregation -Marcus Garvey Movement: back to Africa

African Americans -Harlem Renaissance: rebirth of African American culture -Jazz spreads from New Orleans to NY : Louie Armstrong, Bessie Smith -Writers such as Langston Hughes

Immigration Before WWI: -Floods of immigrants -Lack of work and harsh conditions due to large supply of workers During WWI: -Restrict immigration Why?

Immigration After WWI: -Nativism & Isolationism -Restrict immigration to 350,000 -Quotas for certain nationalities (decrease numbers for South and Eastern Europe) -No Asians Why? Sacco & Vanzetti: shows prejudice toward immigrants

Red Scare Before WWI: -Russia ally During WWI: -Russia ally but pull out of war early After WWI: -Becomes USSR & communist -No longer ally -U.S. fears communism will spread: Red Scare Effect on Immigration?

Farmers Before WWI: -Chronically poor, low crop prices, debt During WWI: -Need food for soldiers so crop prices increase -farmers are making money to pay off debt

Farmers After WWI: -Surplus of crops -Crop prices drop -Increase debt, buy new farm equipment on credit -Prohibition: 18th Amendment no alcohol so can’t use grain for alcohol -During war had used all of their land to farm, land begins drying out

What was the economy of the 20’s like? What were some signs that the economy was troubled in the 20’s? How can this lead to the negative effects you will see in the 1930’s?