Social Aspects of WWI Analyze the social ramifications of WWI on America

Prior Knowledge What role did the government play in WWI? How were people treated that worked in factories? Immigrants? How was propaganda used to influence the people of America

Importance It is important to look at relations between the races in America and how they have evolved. Think of how relationships between race and gender are affected by everyday life at school. Does each person have or receive an equal role in the school?

Vocab Suffrage – the right to vote in political elections. Acknowledgement – acceptance of the truth or existence of something Amendment – a minor change in a document. Segregation – the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country Migration – move from one area or country to settle in another

Social Changes African Americans & the war – Views were divided WEB Dubois – Support the war – Strengthen calls for racial justice William Monroe Trotter – Victims of racism – Should not support racist government – Favored protests – Most African Americans supported the war

Social Changes African American soldiers coming back from war had experienced equality in battles Expected the same when they returned Came back to segregation First movement to call for equality

Social Changes Great Migration – Large scale movement of African Americans – Southern Blacks to Northern cities Escape racial discrimination Cotton Crop failed – Boll Weevil, flood, droughts Job opportunities in the North – Drop in immigration from Europe Newspapers told stories of prosperity of blacks in North – Racism in North also

Social Changes “The services of women during the supreme crisis have been of the most signal usefulness and distinction; it is high time that part of our debt should be acknowledged.” Pres Wilson

Social Changes Women – Took men’s jobs as well as traditional female jobs – Acknowledgement didn’t mean equal pay – Helped public support for women’s suffrage – th Amendment passed – 1920 – Amendment ratified by states Women get the vote

Social Changes Flu – Fall 1918 ¼ of US Population was affected by flu Mines shut down, telephone service cut in half – Cities ran out of coffins Dead lay unburied for as long as a week – ¼ of army got the flu – Killed 500,000 Americans – Killed 30 million worldwide

Closure African Americans were split in support for war – Majority supported the war African Americans migrated to the North to find jobs Women got the right to vote with the 19 th amendment A flu pandemic swept across the globe at the end of the war