Postwar Challenges - Unit 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a challenge faced by America during the transition from wartime to peacetime after World War I?

• Demobilization of troops

• Sudden end of wartime economic controls

• Rapid inflation

• Decrease in cost of living

Multiple Select

What factors contributed to a weakening of the economy immediately after the war?

Select all that apply.

• higher prices and a weaker dollar resulting in inflation

• an increase in unemployment

• an increase in the production of peacetime goods

• an economic slowdown resulting in a recession

Multiple Select

How did management weaken the effect of both the Boston Police strike and the U.S. Steel strike of 1919? Select all that apply.

• They replaced the striking workers with non-union workers.

• They offered to pay workers who returned to work more money than strikers.

• They accused the leadership of the unions of being radicals.

• They were able to convince the state governments to outlaw the unions.

Multiple Select

Which of the following contributed to the decline in union membership after World War I?

• Economic prosperity

• High job competition

• Management resistance

• Increased wages

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a key tension that contributed to the Red Summer of 1919?

• Returning white soldiers seeking jobs

• Returning black soldiers demanding rights

• Economic competition for limited jobs

• The end of Prohibition