Critical Thinking Questions   Video Index       If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     How would you describe the overall social and economic picture for most Black Americans in the post World War I era? If you were a Black American soldier who had served in Europe during World War I, what kind of reception would you have expected upon your return to the U.S.? What does the following statement, taken from this video clip, mean with regard to President Warren Harding's attitude towards the treatment of Blacks in America during this time period?: "…denouncement is one thing, but action is something else" If you were a Black American, living in the United States during this time, how and to whom would you make appeals about your present and future welfare? What outcomes would you hope to achieve, if you made the appeals you described in your answer to question #4, given the social and economic status of Blacks across the country at the time?