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1 LESSON #6:8 Post-war America
Unit #6 First World War LESSON #6:8 Post-war America p

2 Financial Cost of war

3 Which nation paid the most in US dollars?
Financial Cost of the First World War Allied Powers Cost in Dollars in United States 22,625,253,000 Great Britain 35,334,012,000 France 24,265,583,000 Russia 22,293,950,000 Which nation paid the most in US dollars? Which nations followed next in spending the most? What was the total cost of First World War? Look at the next series of pictures. Describe what has happened.

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5 Human cost of war

6 What two nations paid the highest price?
What’s the total number killed?

7 What two “allied” nations suffered the majority of deaths?

8 Which “side” suffered the most total deaths?

9 Who will pay? Germany forced to pay “reparations” of over $33 billion
That was a ridiculously large amount of $$ What might the victors have done this to Germany? Also – forced to reduce size of military To 100,000 men No machines that could kill What were the victors attempting to prevent?

10 Who will pay? That “War guilt clause” – Germany had to accept full blame for start and continuation of war What was the likely purpose of this clause? Was it true?

11 Impact of war on USA Read p. 200 – how and why was US economy effected? Workers responded Inflation is when prices go up faster than wages Union membership had grown during war What do you think unions demanded?

12 The Strikes of post-war America
What do workers do when they want more money or better conditions? <<each group member take one section>> Seattle General Strike (p. 200) Boston Police Strike (p. 200) The Steel Strike (p.200) The Race Riots (p ) What they wanted, what they got, and why the strike mattered…

13 Seattle General Strike
WHAT THE PROTESTERS WANTED: WHAT THEY GOT: WHY THE PROTEST MATTERED:

14 Boston Police Strike WHAT THE PROTESTERS WANTED: WHAT THEY GOT:
WHY THE PROTEST MATTERED:

15 The Steel Strike WHAT THE PROTESTERS WANTED: WHAT THEY GOT:
WHY THE PROTEST MATTERED:

16 The Race Riots WHAT CAUSED THEM: WHAT WAS THE RESULT:
WHY IT WILL MATTER IN COMING YEARS:

17 The Red Scare Where were Americans so afraid of?
What happened after Eugene Debs was jailed?

18 The Election of 1920 Who was the winner?

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