World War I and African-Americans

What system replaced slavery and largely excluded African-Americans from equality?

• Jim Crow

• Sharecropping

• Segregation

• Civil War

What was the movement called that transformed African-American life by leaving the rural South?

• The Great Migration

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Harlem Renaissance

• The Red Summer

What was the main motivation for African-American men to serve in World War I?

• To gain equal rights

• To escape racial discrimination

• To demonstrate loyalty and patriotism

• To seek better economic opportunities

Which African-American unit served for the longest time at the front during World War I?

• 92nd Infantry Division

• 369th Regiment (Harlem Hellfighters)

• Red Summer Brigade

• Henry Johnson's Battalion

Who became the first ground combat hero of World War I?

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Henry Johnson

• General Pershing

• African-American nurses

What was the summer of 1919 known as due to the racial riots and bloodshed?

• The Civil Rights Summer

• The Red Summer

• The Equality Summer

• The African-American Summer

Who was appalled by the treatment of African-American troops and said, 'We return from fighting. We return fighting.'?

• Henry Johnson

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• General Pershing

• African-American nurses

What did white Americans want to ensure by using violence against black people?

• Racial equality

• Social justice

• Racial segregation

• Economic opportunities

What did the First World War serve as an impetus for?

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Women's Suffrage Movement

• The Labor Rights Movement

• The Anti-War Movement

When did Henry Johnson receive his Medal of Honor?

• During World War I

• In 2015

• After the Civil Rights Movement

• He never received it