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Inflation leads to strikes
Inflation during the war threatened to wipe out the gains workers had made. Workers began to put themselves into unions which would go on strike whenever they felt they wanted higher wages, less hours, or any other reason they felt the need to protest for. These circumstances led to an enormous wave of strikes in 1919. By the end of the year more than 3,600 strikes involving more than 4 million workers had taken place.

The seattle gereral strike was the first major strike. It involved more than 60,000 people and paralyzed the city for five days. A gereral strike is a strike that involves all workers in a commmunity not just in one company. The boston police strike involved 75% of the police force who walked off the job. The governor at the time made a statement that made him recognized and elected for vice president. And the steel strike was the biggest strike in american history.