LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: National Product, First Red Scare, War Measures Act

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Trauma & transformation: war measures act, war fever, (cid:498)win-the-war sentiment(cid:499, conscription crisis, broad impacts, regional tensions. Standard of how people will get judged: people getting stressed more and more to win the war, workers must work even harder. Stress regarding the french and the english. Divided the country (start divide between french/english) 1917 russia cracks under the strength: advocates revolution in other countries, push for more revolution in other places. Bolshevik marxists radical revolutionary worker party. Seeing the sense of order starting to crack. War is large economic engines: basic innovations have come out b/c of war. 1915 unemployment becomes 0% everyone either joins the army or have too many industries hiring employees. Regional tensions: under greater control of government. Workers confident b/c they wont be replaced. )nflation is really bad crisis is going way up: buying power isn(cid:495)t rising, agrees the (cid:494)win the war(cid:495) sentiment becoming stronger wages) Mainly conservative unions (focusing on bread+butter issues and higher.