How Has World War 1 Changed American Society
World War I was a global conflict that caused devastation throughout nations and led to major revolutions such as the creation of empires and the fabrication of the country's identity. These changes revolved around the imperialistic and expansionists ideas by Roosevelt and Taft. However not only was the nation advancing into a world power but drastic social changes were happening within the country. World War I had changed American society through the creation of feminist suffrage organizations, evolutions in the labor force, and the surge of immigrants. Society was affected by women's support and opposing of the war. Organizations such as the Woman’s Peace Party created by Carrie Chapman Catt and The National Suffrage Association supported the war by instilling a sense of patriotism in not only women suffragists, but the nation into advancing the war effort. Contrastively, women such as Jane Adams and Charlotte Perkins Gilman had refused to support the war because they argued that wives and mothers had special morals for pacifism where the country should create an environment of nonviolence for the future generation. Overall, the ideas
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Fighting abroad had decreased the amount of immigrants and additionally the draft had depleted the work forces, therefore with the push of black newspapers and labor agents, Mexicans and African Americans began to fill positions in cities. This had also led to rising racial tensions especially for African Americans. In part this was caused by lynching parties, housing shortages, and the red summer that was a series of bloody encounters. Overall the rise of racial labor tensions and the continuation of racism was caused by mass migrations that forced Americans to act hostile during the war and one of many reasons that impacted the nation's
Fighting abroad had decreased the amount of immigrants and additionally the draft had depleted the work forces, therefore with the push of black newspapers and labor agents, Mexicans and African Americans began to fill positions in cities. This had also led to rising racial tensions especially for African Americans. In part this was caused by lynching parties, housing shortages, and the red summer that was a series of bloody encounters. Overall the rise of racial labor tensions and the continuation of racism was caused by mass migrations that forced Americans to act hostile during the war and one of many reasons that impacted the nation's