Why did the workers in the steel plants go on strike in 1919?

Postwar inflation made it harder to stretch wages. Workers wanted better wages, job protections and improved conditions. But U.S. Steel refused to recognize unions, even though it was the largest employer in the country. Employers claimed that by organizing, workers were participating in a global socialist takeover.

Explanation:

a drastic rise in oil prices ended decades of postwar.

disease was the number one killer of native peoples. they had had little exposure to the diseases of europe. this led to some villages being almost completely wiped out and some tribes destroyed.