American Society at the end of WWI

American Society at the end of WWI: Issues that led to a return to Normalcy.

By Treina Griffin

Objective

Today we will discuss what life in the US was like
immediately after WWI/end of the 1910s.

So we can determine what issues America was facing at
the end of WWI.

I know I have mastered this when I can accurately
respond to questions about American society at the end of
the 1910s/WWI

Multiple Choice

What time period is the objective focused on?

• The end of the 1910s

• The beginning of the Cold War

• The end of WWII

• The late 1800s

Social Issues at the end of WWI/1910s

Soldiers Returning from WWI

Red Scare

Racial Tensions

The “Spanish Influenza” pandemic of 1918

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not an issue at the end of the 1910s?

• Global Warming

• Racial Tensions

• Red Scare

• Influenza Pandemic

While you watch add the following to your notes

What issues or problems did WWI
Veterans face when they returned
home.

Open Ended

Explain two issues or problems that soldiers faced when they returned home from WWI. At least 3 sentences.

Red Scare

Red Scare was the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of
communism, anarchism or other leftist ideologies by society.

Contributing factors to the Red Scare were nationalism and nativism.

Nationalism: Love of one's country at the expense of other countries.

Nativism: Native born citizens against immigrants.

Labor Unions: A group of workers who come together to protect and
negotiate with employers to protect the interests of workers.

Multiple Choice

After WWI Americans feared the Red Scare; Red Scare was the fear of ...

• Communism spreading and taking over the United States

• Native Americans would join together and overthrow White Americans

• Black Americans migrating to the Northern and Southern parts of the United States

• Trump supporters attacking congress and trying to overturn the Presidential election results

Pandemic of 1918/ “Spanish Flu”

Open Ended

Write down 3 things that you learned about the Influenza Pandemic.

Poll

Do you think that the Influenza Pandemic was worst than the COVID pandemic?

• Yes

• No

• Both pandemics were bad

The Great Migration: Why did Blacks migrate North and West?

The most profound effect of World War I on African Americans was the acceleration of the
multi-decade mass movement of black, southern rural farm laborers northward and westward to
cities in search of higher wages in industrial jobs and better social and political opportunities.
This Great Migration led to the rapid growth of black urban communities in cities like New York,

Chicago, St. Louis, and Detroit.116 While relatively small groups of southern African Americans

migrated after Reconstruction to border states such as Kansas and into the Appalachians, it
was not until the imposition of Jim Crow segregation and disenfranchisement in the South that
large numbers of black residents left their homes and families to search elsewhere for a better
life.

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What push factors caused Blacks to move during the Great Migration:​

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Jim Crow

disenfranchisement

better pay

higher wages

free housing

public schools

equal rights

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Which pull factors caused Blacks to move during the Great Migration?​​

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higher wages

better social opportunities

better political  opportunities

More racism

lower wages

opportunities in agriculture

Racial Tensions after WWI: Red Summer of 1919 by Daily Dose Documentary

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When white soldiers returned home from WWI they found ​

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working the ​

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jobs that they had before the war. Additionally, the country was going through an economic​

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​ ; this created ​ tensions between Blacks and whites who were competing for the same ​

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and ​

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Open Ended

Explain and summarize Red Summer.

(Make sure you include the 5Ws in your summarization)

Outcome of the issues taking place at the end of WWI

All of the social issues that were taking place
during this time led to a push to return to
NORMALCY.

Normalcy simply means returning back to way
things were before.

Multiple Choice

Normalcy means

• Normalcy is a return to the way something once was

• Normalcy is living in the absence of chaos and rules.

• Normalcy is a state of being average.

• Normalcy is a state of being basic and boring