Labor, Minorities, Women (1 ene 1914 año – 1 ene 1918 año)

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Comparison

Labor:

1. huge need in the war industry
2. Great Migration led A.A. to find labor in manufacturing, automobile, and food industry
3. pulled U.S. out of recession
4. increased power of moderate labor unions

Minorities:

1. Black soldiers faced systemic racial discrimination in the army
2. Black soldiers endured hostility upon returning tot their homes at the end of the war
3. volunteered with civilian organizations on the home-front

Women:

1. Recruited into jobs left by men who went to fight in the war
2. New jobs created as part of war effort
3. introduction of conscription made the need for women workers urgent
4. Lower wages than men

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