MR. DROHAN'S POST WAR TENSIONS REVIEW

WHAT WAS WARREN G HARDING'S CAMPAIGN SLOGAN WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT?

• THE BUCK STOPS HERE

• A RETURN TO NORMALCY

• AMERICA FIRST

• GET AMERICA BACK TO WORK

WHY WERE THE 1920'S "NOT NORMAL"?

(CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

• OLD EUROPEAN WORLD ORDER COLLAPSED

• MONARCHIES IN GERMANY AND RUSSIA WERE TOPPLED

• AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AND OTTOMAN EMPIRES FELL

• FRANCE AND ENGLAND WERE WEAKENED

TRUE OR FALSE: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD A VERY WELL ORGANIZED PLAN IN PLACE WHEN THE WAR ENDED.

• TRUE

• FALSE

WHAT DID AMERICANS DO IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR?

• WENT BACK TO SCHOOL

• WENT BACK TO WORK

• PEOPLE WENT ON A SPENDING SPREE WITH THE MONEY THEY HAD SAVED DURING THE WAR.

• ALL OF THESE

WHAT DID THE COMBINATION OF HIGH INFLATION AND RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEAD TO IN THE U.S AFTER WWI?

• ECONOMIC BOOM

• WORKER STRIKES

• RIOTS IN THE STREETS

•  ECONOMIC RECESSION

Between 1920 and 1921, how many businesses went bankrupt?

• 50,000

• 25,000

• 100,000

• 453,000

During the war the federal government encouraged business and labor to cooperate, what did this lead to?

(CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

• INCREASED WAGES

• COMPANIES PAID LESS ATTENTION TO SAFETY

• LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT

• UNIONS GAINED INFLUENCE

How many union strikes occurred across the U.S in 1919?

• 500

• 3600

• 1200

• 250

TRUE OR FALSE: CORPORATIONS FOUGHT UNIONIZATION, REDUCED WAGES, PAID LESS ATTENTION TO EMPLOYEE SAFETY AFTER THE GOVERNMENT STEPPED ASIDE AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What happened at the Boston Police strike of 1919?

(CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

• THE CITY WENT INTO ANARCHY

• POLICE WALKED OFF THE JOB AFTER OFFICIALS CUT WAGES AND REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNION

• CALVIN COOLIDGE CALLED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP KEEP ORDER

• COOLIDGE FIRED THE STRIKING POLICEMEN AND HIRED A NEW FORCE MAKING HIM A NATION HERO