1919 I. Introduction-- A Year of Shocks II. The New World Order A. Wilsonian Ideals B. The Reality of Versailles III. Tribulations A. Influenza Epidemic B. Race Riots C. Labor Wars D. Red Scare IV. The End of Reform A. Depleted Energy B. A Movement Divided C. 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, ,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

Strike Wave Seattle Soviet Boston Police Actors Strike Garment, Textile, Coal

The Great Steel Strike William Z. Foster <= Chicago Steel Workers

The Great Steel Strike Johnstown18K Coatesville4K Youngstown70K Wheeling15K Cleveland25K Steubenville12K Chicago90K Buffalo12K Pueblo6K Birmingham2K Bethlehem20K Total366K Pittsburgh25K Homestead9K Braddock10K Rankin5K Clairton4K Duquesne12K Vandergrift4K Brackenridge5K New Kensington1.1K Apollo1.5K Leechburg3K Donora12K

The Red Scare Palmer House Bombed

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

The End of Reform Depleted Energy –Prohibition--18th Am. –Women’s Suffrage--19th Am –The War to End War The Left Destroyed –Red Scare Limits of Progressive Values –Science v. Nature –Efficiency v. Politics –Public v. Self