1. Chapter 19 Section 4

2. Chapter 19 Section 4 Objectives:
Describe the problems Americans faced immediately after the war.
Analyze how these problems contributed to the Red Scare

3. Women after the War Loss of an economic boom
Faced competition for jobs with newly returning soldiers
Fewer women would be in the workforce

4. African Americans
Competed with returning soldiers for jobs and housing
Experienced race riots in several cities
Faced segregation in many areas

5. Inflation After the war, Americans rushed to buy consumer goods
Goods became scarce causing a rise prices
Wages did not rise, and workers began to strike for higher wages and shorter work days.

6. Red Scare ( Red = Communists)
Fear of Radicals and communists
Palmer Raids- thousands of people arrested, some radicals, others just immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
Civil liberties were violated and ignored
ACLU starts to defend those accused.
American Civil Liberties Union

7. January
1. PDN: What impact did the end of World War I have on women and African Americans 2. Reading page and Notes 3. Short Video. 4. Second Half. Study Guides- Will be graded- Test is This Friday!

8. After the War The Recession ended quickly Stock prices rose rapidly
More people could afford goods and factories adjusted to produce more goods.
One good in particular became a popular item.

9. You can have any color so long as it’s black”
1925 Ford Model T
You can have any color so long as it’s black”
- Henry Ford in 1909

10. Henry Ford Didn’t invent mass production but perfected it
Put his cars on assembly lines, having each worker add something to the construction of the automobile
After 2 years, assembly lines lowered manufacturing time from 12 hours to 90 minutes per car

11. Henry Ford
The Price of the Car Fell from $350 by to $290 by 1927
First car average Americans could afford.
By % of Americans owned an automobile compared to 10 % in 1919.

12. Henry Ford
Doubles the wages from $2.35 dollars per day to $5 dollars per day
9 to 8 hour days and gave weekends off.
Why shorten the work day?
So more Americans could travel in their
Model T on the weekends!