Objective 11: Political, Social, and Economic Changes during/after WWI
“The war to end all wars”
Wilson believed the U.S. was fighting WWI to make the world “safe for democracy”
The Economy/Great Migration
Economy became stronger from producing for the war Many African Americans moved North to work in factories
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Both punished anyone who opposed the war effort Proved national interest sometimes given priority over individual
Nativism
Americans began to increase their nativist attitudes towards immigrants who came from Central Power countries (especially Germans)