General
Prominent Figures
Key Events
Causes of the Red Summer
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When did the Red Summer start?

Around May or July

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Which president was in term during 1919?

President Woodrow Wilson

100

Approximately how many riots occured during 1919

Around 25-38 riots across the United States

100

What major event sparked the Red Summer?

World War 1

200

When did the Red Summer end?

In the autumn of 1919

200
Which social rights activist group became more active and prominant because of the Red Summer?

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

200

Which riot is the most famous?

The Chicago Race Riots

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Which "laws" were used to segregate and control the black population?

Jim Crow laws

300

How many cities did the Red Summer plague?

26 cities

300

How did the president respond to the riots?

He said it was a "local" issue and does not deserve the intervention of the federal authority

300

Which riot resulted in the most deaths, and approximately how many died?

The Elaine Massacre and approximately 100-240 people died

300

Why did white people worry that Black soldiers would take their jobs?

Because of their training because of World War 1, many white people worried that they would fight back

400

What was the impact of the Red Summer on the Harlem Renaissance? 

It catalyzed the Harlem Renaissance and sparked the commitment to racial equality.

400

Which Black women worked to expose lynching and participated in the anti-lynching movement during the Red Summer and the Harlem Renaissance?

Ida B. Wells

400

How did the Washington D.C. riot start?

From rumors that a black man molested a white girl.

400

What legal execution practice was used to execute black men and women?

Lynching

500

How did the Red Summer end?

From government intervention 

500

Which black man worked for the NAACP and said soldiers need to fight back

W.E.B. Du Bois 

500

What weapons did the white teenagers use to attack black people in the Indiapolis riot?

Rocks, bricks, guns, and clubs.

500

How did the Great Migration help to start the Red Summer

When a mass movement of black people into the North from the South caused significant racial tensions and conflict for housing and work

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