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African Americans are attacked by racist whites
- after WWI, African Americans were determined to get citizenship rights
- millions supported and contributed to the war effort
- used suffrage and economic power (from wartime jobs) to work for racial justice
- developments spark white violence; number of lynchings rise
- blacks compete with whites for jobs and housing
- racist tensions often turned violent
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Laborers increasingly go on strike and protest their conditions
- more than 4 million laborers went on strike
- employers cut wages and rooted out unions to help keep business afloat (after war time, the government did not need as much resources)
- Boston police force went on strike to protest, Calvin Coolidge fired the entire police force, strike failed, majority of people supported Coolidge (nominated for vice-president by Republicans in 1920)
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CHAPTER 22: Cultural Conflict, Bubble, and Bust
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Start of welfare capitalism
- replacement of labor unions
- Henry Ford ensured worker's private lives met company's moral standards
- General Electric and U.S. Steel provided health insurance and old age pensions
- Chicago's Western Electric Company built athletic facilities and offered paid vacations
- employers hoped this would build loyal workforce, but plan only covered 5% of industrial worker population
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Adkins v. Children's Hospital
- voided minimum wage for women workers in Washington D.C.
- reversed Muller v. Oregon
- anti-union campaigns caused membership in unions to decline
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Coronado Coal Company v. United Mine Workers
- antilabor decision made by Supreme Court
- striking union can be penalized for illegal restraint of trade