Question

Categorize the social, economic, and political changes Americans faced after World War I. Drag each change into the appropriate category.

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economic

political

social

Answer 1

economic
- Postwar recession (1919–1921), unemployment as factories converted from wartime to peacetime production
- Inflation followed by deflation; labor unrest and widespread strikes
- Growth of consumer economy, rise of big business and use of consumer credit

political
- Return to isolationism and rejection of the League of Nations
- Red Scare and Palmer Raids (anti-radical repression)
- Restrictive immigration laws/quotas (early-1920s)
- Prohibition (18th Amendment) and expansion of federal law enforcement
- Extension of the franchise (19th Amendment—women’s suffrage)

social
- Changing roles for women (wartime work, flapper culture, greater public presence)
- Great Migration of African Americans to northern cities and consequent urban racial tensions (e.g., 1919 Red Summer)
- Rapid urbanization, rise of mass culture (jazz, movies), and shifts in family/leisure patterns