Position Of AA Flashcards

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Q

What did AA hope for at the beginning of WW1

A

That if they volunteered to fight they would be rewarded equality

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Impact of war on AA

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Huge numbers moved north to work in war effort, 330,000 went to Chicago and NY

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3
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What did AA soldiers return with and what did it encourage

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Experiences and education, resulted in increase in NAACP membership

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What did war achieve for AA

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Not much, still segregated in US army and treated as inferiors. Racial tensions remained. Race war in St. Louis 1919

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