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1919I. Introduction-- A Year of ShocksII. The New World Order
A. Wilsonian IdealsB. The Reality of Versailles
III. TribulationsA. Influenza EpidemicB. Race RiotsC. Labor WarsD. Red Scare
IV. The End of ReformA. Depleted EnergyB. A Movement DividedC. The Limits of Progressive Values
Versailles
• Idealistic Goals– No revenge– Self-determination– End to
imperialism– League of Nations
• Real Results– Reparations– Land grab– US signs a
separate peace
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-9
• 850,000 people die in US
• Ocean liners lose 7% of passengers
• 25M people die worldwide —over twelve million in India
Camp Funston-- Junction City, Kansas, 1918
Race Riots
• Causes– Jobs, housing,
prejudice
• Toll– 38 (23 b, 15 w) dead– 537 injured– 1,000 black families
homeless
The Great Steel Strike
Johnstown 18KCoatesville 4KYoungstown 70KWheeling 15KCleveland 25KSteubenville 12KChicago 90KBuffalo 12KPueblo 6KBirmingham 2KBethlehem 20KTotal 366K
Pittsburgh 25KHomestead 9KBraddock 10KRankin 5KClairton 4KDuquesne 12KVandergrift 4KBrackenridge
5KNew Kensington 1.1KApollo 1.5KLeechburg 3KDonora 12K
The Red Scare• Quash
dissent
• 6,000 detained
• 300 deported
Emma Goldman Ethel Bernstein Peter Blaski Alex. Berkman
Radicals deported to Russia from the United States
Socialists suspended from NY Legislature, 1920