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9:4 The War's Impact Government removes controls on economy

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1 9:4 The War's Impact Government removes controls on economy
Result: inflation an increase in the price you pay for goods Cost of living increases Factories laid off workers

2 9:4 Inflation leads to strikes Seattle Shipyard Strike
A “general” strike Involves workers across many industries, not just one Boston Police Strike Steel Strike 350,000 workers

3 9:4 The Red Scare Wave of strikes worried many Americans
Believed Communists were to blame Communist International Spread Communism throughout world

4 9:4 U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Home was bombed
Created “Special Intelligence Division” in Justice Department Became Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) J. Edgar Hoover


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