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The War’s Impact
Lawanda
Tolar
3/29/11
U.S Hst 2-1st
C. B. Wright
Lawanda Tolar is a
17 year who
attends Wilcox
Central High
School. She has
two remarkable
parents, as well as
two siblings. In her
spare time, she
likes to play
basketball and
read books. She
wants to pursue a
career in medicine
to become a
neonatologist.
Author
Table of Contents
World
War I: Trench Warfare
Environmental Impact
The Boston Police Strike
Racial Unrest
The Red Scare Begins
The Palmer Raids
End to Progressivism
In 1914, the
assassination of
archduke Franz
Ferdinand of
Austria-Hungary
resulted in the First
World War,
otherwise known as
The Great War, or
WWI. It started
with AustriaHungary invading
Serbia, where the
assassin came
from, and Germany
invading Belgium.
The war was mostly
in Europe, between
the Allies and the
Central Powers.
World War I:Trench Warfare
In terms of
environmental impact,
World War I was most
damaging, because of
landscape changes
caused by trench
warfare. Digging
trenches caused
trampling of grassland,
crushing of plants and
animals, and churning
of soil. Erosion
resulted from forest
logging to expand the
network of trenches.
Soil structures were
altered severely, and if
the war was never
fought, in all likelihood
the landscape would
have looked very
differently today.
Environmental Impact
In 1919 America
was still recovering
from from the Great
World War. Price
inflation and the
cost of living had
increased far
beyond wages. Men
back from the war
flooded the labor
market which
further diminished
workers' earning
power.
The Boston Police Strike
African American artists,
actors, and writers led
the battle against
intellectual and artistic
bias. Between the wars,
and even during the
hardship of the Great
Depression, there was a
great crescendo of
African American artistic
expression in the period
known as the "Harlem
Renaissance." Paintings,
drawings, jazz, blues,
poetry, novels, plays, and
dance abounded during
this era and won world
acclaim. But artistic and
intellectual achievement
did not win for blacks
political, economic, and
educational parity with
whites. Racism remained
a powerful force in
American life.
Racial Unnrest
During World War I, a
fervent patriotism was
prevalent in the
country, spurred by
propagandist George
Creel, chairman of the
United States
Committee on Public
Information. While
American boys were
fighting the "Huns"
abroad, many
Americans fought them
at home. Anyone who
wasn't as patriotic as
possibleconscientious
objectors, draft
dodgers, "slackers,"
German-Americans,
immigrants,
Communists was
suspect. It was out of
this patriotism that the
Red Scare took hold.
The Red Scare Begins
The climate of
repression
established during
World War One
continued after the
war ended: this
time, government
interest focused on
communists,
Bolsheviks and
"reds" generally.
The climactic phase
of this anti
communist crusade
occurred during the
"Palmer Raids" of
1918-1921.
The Palmer Raids
Progressivism had
been both the
criminal and victim
of this transition in
the public
mood. With the
entry of the U.S.
into the war,
progressives had
carried off the day
with the same kind
of moral
seriousness and
confident optimism
which had infused
their earlier reform
movements.
End to Progressivism