Ch. 16-4 The War's Impact

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After the war, people had to buy goods that had been rationed, while businesses rapidly raised prices they had been forced to keep low during the war. This resulted in rapid deflation.

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In the aftermath of World War I, unions in Seattle organized a general strike.

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The Red Scare was a nationwide panic that arose from the fear that Communists might seize power in the United States.

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The Palmer Raids were in response to a series of bombs and rising tension due to the Red Scare.

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Calvin Coolidge's sentiments of returning to normalcy struck a chord with voters, and he won the election of 1920 by a landslide.

In addition to the soldiers returning from Europe who needed to find employment, many African Americans who had moved north were competing for jobs and housing, which resulted in

Who walked off the job in Boston in what was perhaps the most famous strike of 1919?

Americans often linked radicalism with

One of the largest strikes in American history began when steel workers went on strike for recognition of their union, higher pay, and

What caused rapid inflation in the U.S. after the war ended?