Postwar Challenges - Unit 6

Demobilization of troops

Sudden end of wartime economic controls

Rapid inflation

Decrease in cost of living

higher prices and a weaker dollar resulting in inflation

an increase in unemployment

an increase in the production of peacetime goods

an economic slowdown resulting in a recession

They replaced the striking workers with non-union workers.

They offered to pay workers who returned to work more money than strikers.

They accused the leadership of the unions of being radicals.

They were able to convince the state governments to outlaw the unions.

Economic prosperity

High job competition

Management resistance

Increased wages

Returning white soldiers seeking jobs

Returning black soldiers demanding rights

Economic competition for limited jobs

The end of Prohibition