AP U.S. History / Unit 7: Period 7: 1890–1945
7.6 World War I: Home Front
Notes
The government mobilized the economy (War Industries Board), sold Liberty Bonds and limited dissent (Espionage and Sedition Acts; Schenck v. US). The Great Migration began as African Americans moved north for jobs. The First Red Scare (1919–1920) followed the war.
Practice
The Great Migration was the movement of:
Jobs and escape from Jim Crow.
The Espionage and Sedition Acts:
Wartime restrictions.
The Palmer Raids targeted:
1919–1920.
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