Political Science 2142A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Eddie Cicotte, 1918 Flu Pandemic, Generation A
1 Mar 2016
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20-40 million people globally, 675000 in the us. Hit younger people in their 20s/30s: the league of nations coming out of ww1. Not ratified in the us flops. People begin to question what we really fought for. We lost 40k americans, nothing is going to change: labour unrest, red scare russian revolutions and the dawn of. Thousands of workers go on strike, army called in, etc. Anarchists coming to overthrow american institution through labour: race riots, the baseball scandall. Violent crisis hitting the north for the first time. Has become america"s national pastime individualism, the. 1903 first time world series is played. Purpose national and american league more games and more profits. 1919 world series between two teams; chicago white box (black. Chicago mvps, should have been an easy win, some of the worst paid players in the league, tensions among players: 8 of these players decide to throw the game.
