{"id":3284,"date":"2020-10-05T21:17:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T01:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2020-10-05T21:17:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T01:17:43","slug":"blog-post-for-10-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/10\/05\/blog-post-for-10-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post for 10\/7"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ideas in this chapter of <\/span>The People’s History of the United States<\/span><\/i>, one again talk about the class conflicts. The involvement of the US in the WWI was something that divided the nation more than united it. The efforts of the government, with newspapers and advertisements to unite the people created an even worse sense of community because of their extreme punishments for any opposition to the opinion of the government and the upper class. WWI was just another example of how much power the wealthy held, and how the lower classes suffered from it. The lower classes were the ones that were actually going to battle, when they didn\u2019t even want to be in the war in the first place. The interesting part to me is how this percentage of people, these wealthy individuals, have such an effect on the country and the economic and political state of things, when the lower classes, the majority of the country hold no power.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the opening paragraph of the chapter, Zinn mentions how in Europe, with the war \u201cgovernments flourished, patriotism bloomed, class struggles was stilled\u201d (359). So then, why did it enhance almost all these problems in the United States? Class struggles got even worse, and socialism grew in an effort to stop the war. Only the economy seemed to get better, helping those wealthy. What surprised me even more is how the government handled this class conflict. The Espionage Act seems outrageous to me, for punishing someone so cruelly for voicing their opinion. There must have been a reason the government was so worried about people opposing the war. Zinn also mentions how even before we were involved in the war we were sending ships full of supplies and weapons to German enemies, which in itself makes us involved. Then how we lied about the <\/span>Lusitania<\/span><\/i> cargo adds to the idea that the government had an ulterior motive for their involvement in the war than the rest of the nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This constant divide between the wealthy upper classes and the middle and lower classes has been evident all throughout history, although it seems to get worse and worse. During WWI it seemed to be much more political than it had been in the past, when most of the problems were race related. This recurring theme is still present today, although it seems that more and more people are gaining a voice and being heard, not just the wealthy class and government. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ideas in this chapter of The People’s History of the United States, one again talk about the class conflicts. The involvement of the US…<\/p>\n

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