Position Of AA

Question 1

What did AA hope for at the beginning of WW1

Answer 1

That if they volunteered to fight they would be rewarded equality

Question 2

Impact of war on AA

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What did AA soldiers return with and what did it encourage

Answer 3

Experiences and education, resulted in increase in NAACP membership

Question 4

What did war achieve for AA

Answer 4

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