Labor, Minorities, Women (1 gen 1914 anni – 1 gen 1918 anni)
Descrizione:
ComparisonLabor:
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
Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
Data:
1 gen 1914 anni
1 gen 1918 anni
~ 4 years