Homework Check 7.4

After the war, people raced to buy goods that had been rationed, while businesses rapidly raised prices they had been forced to keep low during the war.  This resulted in rapid deflation.

• True

• False

In the aftermath of World War i, unions in Seattle organized a general strike.

• True

• False

The Red Scare was a nationwide panic that arose from the fear that Communists might seize power in the United States.

• True

• False

The Palmer Raids were in response to a series of bombs and rising tension due to the Red Scare.

• True

• False

Calvin Coolidge's sentiments of returning to normalcy struck a chord with voters, and he won the election of 1920 by a landslide.

• True

• False

In addition to the soldiers returning from Europe who needed to find employment, many African Americans who had moved north were competing for jobs and housing, which resulted in

• new zoning laws.

• race riots.

• new industries.

• cooperation among races.

Who walked off the job in Boston in what was perhaps the most famous strike of 1919?

• shipyard workers

• steel workers

• hospital workers

• the police force

Americans often linked radicalisms with

• nativism

• progressivism

• reform programs

• immigrants

One of the largest strikes in American history began when steel workers went on strike for recognition of their union, higher pay, and

• shorter hours.

• cost of living raises.

• medical benefits.

• safer working conditions.