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 Putsch Failed 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
Spanish Flu 1918 25 Million Dead in Europe 500,000 Dead in America
The Great Migration 500,000 African Americans move from rural areas to cities to work and suport the war effort 400,000 fought in ww1
Red Summer 1919 Red Summer of 1919 Following 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.