Editing Woodrow Wilson (section)

==== Demobilization ====
When the war ended the Wilson Administration dismantled the wartime boards and regulatory agencies.<ref>David M. Kennedy, ''Over Here: The First World War and American Society'' (2004) pp. 249–250</ref> Demobilization was chaotic and at times violent; four million soldiers were sent home with little money and few benefits. In 1919, strikes in major industries broke out, disrupting the economy.<ref>Leonard Williams Levy and Louis Fisher, eds. ''Encyclopedia of the American Presidency'' (1994) p. 494.</ref> The country experienced further turbulence as a [[Red Summer of 1919|series of race riots]] broke out in the summer of 1919.<ref>Berg (2013), pp. 609–610, 626</ref> In 1920, the economy plunged into a [[Depression of 1920–21|severe economic depression]],<ref>Cooper (1990), pp. 321–322</ref> unemployment rose to 12 percent, and the price of agricultural products sharply declined.<ref>Clements (1992), pp. 207, 217–218</ref>