Post World War 1 Limping into the 20’s

Post Germany ww1 Article 231 War Guilt Clause

Hyperinflation - Guilt - Mass Depression

“the war is not over….” Hitler

1923 Beer Hall PutschFailed attempt to overthrow the government Hitler is

arrested put in prison where he dictates to Rudolf Hess Mein Kamph My Struggle, Hitlers plan for a new Germany

25 Million Dead in Europe

500,000 Dead in America

Spanish Flu 1918

500,000 African Americans move from rural areas to cities to work and suport the war effort

400,000 fought in ww1

The Great Migration

Red Summer of 1919Following the war the economy crumbled. At one point 4 out 5 workers went on strike. Returning soldiers and those who came to cities during the Great Migration where no longer welcomed. Tensions rose and race riots broke out in the industrial cities. Especially in Chicago. Lynching’s and violence erupts.

Red Summer 1919