History Alive! Chapter 26 Understanding Postwar Tensions
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History Alive! Chapter 26 Understanding Postwar Tensions. Demobilization: The transition from wartime to peacetime Government officials canceled contracts causing many factories to close Crop prices fell due to lack of overseas demand
History Alive! Chapter 26 Understanding Postwar Tensions
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History Alive! Chapter 26 Understanding Postwar Tensions
Demobilization: • The transition from wartime to peacetime • Government officials canceled contracts causing many factories to close • Crop prices fell due to lack of overseas demand • Millions of people are unemployed including returning soldiers • Recession: • A decline in in economic activity and prosperity 26.2: Emerging Economic Tensions
What effect did postwar tensions have on America’s founding ideals? • Equality • Rights • Liberty • Opportunity • Democracy