didn't take turn with the child-care, then inexperienced baby-sitters were all that could be found. (p. 188-189 Life Goes to War)Comment - It was a season of darkness for families that had to depend on strangers to care for their children while they went off to work. Most families did not chose to hire inexperienced child-care or young girls to care for their children but they had no choice because families needed to make a living.Many mistakes and squabbles would slow down the war efforts. There was a bitter legacy of race riots in cities such as Detroit. Blacks and whites would maul and murder each other. The racism and labor disputes caused a troublesome setback in the war. The US Government was criticized by reporters for not exhausting all legal efforts to end the war, but instead resorted to violence. (p. 194-195 Life Goes to War).Comment - Not taking care of the racism when the war was continuing was a season of darkness for America. It only caused war at home as well as overseas. It caused too many setbacks for America. More lives might have been saved if the Government had taken care of the problem sooner.I.W.W.I. - "We had everything before us"Before the war, President Wilson was re-elected as President in April, 1917; the soldiers and marines stood at attention while thousands of citizens waved their little flags. They chanted "He kept us out of war". When the United States finally became involved in the war, the people were unsure of their security and safety for the future. (p. 1-4, Woodrow Wilson and World War I 1917-1921).Comment - This shows that the American people felt secure and safe, and they had everything before the war. They thought they were exempt from entering the war.Before the war, foreign trade had increased. Imports and Exports were at 188 million. The economy was doing extremely well, and trade with the allies was markedly up. Americans were raising their standard of living. (p. 1-8, Woo...
