The U.S at War: Social Change

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The U.S at WarSocial Change World War I

• Art Lewandowski
• Fostoria High School

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The War Encourages Social Change

• Women in the War
• Took over jobs that had been held by men
• Boosted the support for Womens Suffrage (the
  right to vote)
• 19th Amendment 1920

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War Encourages Social Change

• African Americans and the War
• Hoped to end racial tensions
• Males were allowed to join the army but were
  segregated and often served with the French or
  British
• Great Migration- mass movement from the South to
  the Northern cities for industry jobs

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Social Changes in WWI Epidemic

• Worldwide outbreak of Bird Flue
• Why?
• Immigration
• Travel, trade and combat

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Social Changes in WWI- The Red Scare

• Revolution -Communists Reds pull Russia out of
  WWI
• More Americans begin to fear/distrust immigrants
  especially
• Russians (we fear political ideas)
• Italians (anarchists???)

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OGT Before you leaveExplain 3 Social Changes
b/c of WWI.
Social Changes b/c of WWI