The Great war was started on June 28, 1914 when the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand,was assassinated by Serbian rebels in Bosnia. This cause the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire) to declare war on the Serbians and the Allied powers which were Russia, Great Britain, and France. For almost three years, The United State did not want to enter the “Great War” because they felt that it could cause civil unrest between Immigrant that came from countries that are aligned to the Allied or Central Powers. However, the public view of entering the war had changed when the Germans revived the strategy of unrestricted submarine warfare in which submarines sunk both armed and unarmed ships. The Germans also
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There were job opportunities for African Americans so many began the Great Migration to North in order to sought to escape racial discrimination in the South, which made it hard to make a living and often threatened their lives. Also, droughts had ruined much of the South’s cotton fields. In the North, there were more job opportunities. Wages, hours, and cost of living raise for workers. Women on the other hand were getting opportunities to work and eventually had the right to vote. The United States Constitution granted women the right to vote. However, there was a downfall to these social changes. Socialists were being jailed or arrested for criticizing the war or the government. Consequently, it led them to being deported. In addition, German Americans were attacked during the war. The anti-American hysteria began and many German-Americans were losing their jobs. Not only they were attacked, but most of their culture was erased. “Many Americans with German names lost their jobs. Orchestras refused to play the music of Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Some towns with German names changed them. Schools stopped teaching the German language, and librarians removed books by German authors from the shelves.” [Pg. 391] Their civil rights were being violated as they were getting attacked, yet the government was doing nothing to protect …show more content…
As said beforehand, WWI created many opportunities to many Americans such as the African Americans and women with jobs and voting rights. It also raised wages and profits up for people and companies to continue the war effort. It was not until the government ended up passing the Espionage and Sedition Acts which began to questioned many American citizens and their civil rights. “Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort”[PG. 392]. Under these laws, it clearly violated one of the basic fundamental civil rights- the First Amendment which states that all citizens have the right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press etc. These acts targeted mostly on socialists, who mostly spoke out against the war effort and the draft. Furthermore, the government had to raise money for the war effort the one of the things they did was raise the tax. Government raised tax mostly on the corporations that were making fortunes and the rich American citizens. Government also raised tax on liquor, tobacco, luxury goods, and most importantly war-profits tax. With all of these taxes, government was able to spent about $35.5 billion dollars just on the war effort. Eventually, when government felt that the war was getting
There were job opportunities for African Americans so many began the Great Migration to North in order to sought to escape racial discrimination in the South, which made it hard to make a living and often threatened their lives. Also, droughts had ruined much of the South’s cotton fields. In the North, there were more job opportunities. Wages, hours, and cost of living raise for workers. Women on the other hand were getting opportunities to work and eventually had the right to vote. The United States Constitution granted women the right to vote. However, there was a downfall to these social changes. Socialists were being jailed or arrested for criticizing the war or the government. Consequently, it led them to being deported. In addition, German Americans were attacked during the war. The anti-American hysteria began and many German-Americans were losing their jobs. Not only they were attacked, but most of their culture was erased. “Many Americans with German names lost their jobs. Orchestras refused to play the music of Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. Some towns with German names changed them. Schools stopped teaching the German language, and librarians removed books by German authors from the shelves.” [Pg. 391] Their civil rights were being violated as they were getting attacked, yet the government was doing nothing to protect …show more content…
As said beforehand, WWI created many opportunities to many Americans such as the African Americans and women with jobs and voting rights. It also raised wages and profits up for people and companies to continue the war effort. It was not until the government ended up passing the Espionage and Sedition Acts which began to questioned many American citizens and their civil rights. “Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort”[PG. 392]. Under these laws, it clearly violated one of the basic fundamental civil rights- the First Amendment which states that all citizens have the right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press etc. These acts targeted mostly on socialists, who mostly spoke out against the war effort and the draft. Furthermore, the government had to raise money for the war effort the one of the things they did was raise the tax. Government raised tax mostly on the corporations that were making fortunes and the rich American citizens. Government also raised tax on liquor, tobacco, luxury goods, and most importantly war-profits tax. With all of these taxes, government was able to spent about $35.5 billion dollars just on the war effort. Eventually, when government felt that the war was getting