African American Social Developments: The Social Aftermath of WWI

Question 1

As many White Americans who worked in factories had to fight in WWI, who took their jobs?

Answer 1

African-Americans

Question 2

What happened when the White Soldiers returned back to their factory jobs?

Answer 2

They had been taken by African Americans

Question 3

What did many African American soldiers find when they returned home as soldiers from WWI?

Answer 3

They had not gained respect from the USA

Question 4

What did many African-American soldiers realise when they came back to America?

Answer 4

They had been treated terribly in the USA

Question 5

Which group of soldiers made African Americans realised they had been treated terribly in the USA?

Answer 5

French soldiers

Question 6

Which Civil Rights organisation became very popular at the end of WWI and why?

Answer 6

NAACP, because African-Americans wanted to improve their social conditions in the USA more

Question 7

What event occurred in the Summer of 1919 due to opposition in the USA of returning Black WWI Soldiers?

Answer 7

The Red Summer

Question 8

Name a writer who spoke out against the WASP response to returning African-American WWI soldiers

Answer 8

Claude McKay