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The response that best summarizes the root of the Red Summer riots is Option D: Northern white Americans, alarmed by growing black populations, harassed African Americans, who sometimes resorted to violence when they discovered they could not rely on law enforcement.
Explanation:
The Red Summer refers to a series of uprisings in 1919 that took place across the United States, by anti-black white supremacists. They terrorized local populations of black people in more than 30 cities and 1 rural county in Arkansas near a town called Elaine, which incidentally had the most casualties with an estimated 100 to 240 African Americans killed, and 5 white people. Other areas where African Americans fought back were Chicago and Washington, DC. The racial riots against blacks resulted from a variety of postwar social tensions, including an economic downturn and pressures for low income housing between Southern European immigrants and African American communities.
After the American Civil war (1861 -1865) and the victory of the Union, a process of Reconstruction (1865-1877) took place. This process aimed to transform the 11 ex-confederated states in a "republican form of government" via laws and constitutional amendments.
The Southerners felt Northerners were getting rich at their expense because since the end of the war many moved to the south as social reformers. Several of them were businessmen who acquired or rented plantations and became wealthy landowners, choosing freedmen to do the labor. Following the Civil War, Northerners often obtained plantations at fire-sale rates. Because of this, they were commonly considered to be taking advantage of those living in the South.
Answer:
All people of color
Explanation:
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
Answer: Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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